Additional Bereavement Resources
PetFriends Services is a hotline that provides free 24 hour grief support to NJ pet owners. Call 856-234-4688 or 1-800-404-PETS to speak with a trained compassionate and non-judgmental support counselor.
The Monmouth Country SPCA also has a Pet Loss Hot Line. To request a call back from Bob Szita MS, LPC, Co-Director of Contemporary Counseling Center of Marlboro, NJ and Pet Loss Counselor for the MCSPCA, contact the Pet Memorial Service at 732-542-0040. MCSPCA also holds a Pet Memorial Service once a year in September.
Oradell Animal Hospital in Paramus, NJ, offers a pet bereavement class that meats once a month on Tuesday evenings at 7pm. Participants may attend up to 5 classes over the course of a year free of charge.
The Companion Animal Related Emotions Pet Loss Helpline is a confidential telephone service offered through the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine. People who are either grieving the loss of a companion animal or are anticipating a loss are encouraged to call. If you need a compassionate, understanding person to talk to, we are here to listen and to support you. We are here Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7-9 pm Central Time. Our toll-free telephone number is: (877) 394-CARE (2273). If you are in the Champaign, Illinois area, our local telephone number is (217) 244-CARE (2273).
Our Beloved Pets Counseling
Renee Terry, M.Ed. LPC
Counseling by phone
520-603-8319
University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine support line.
Monday-Friday 9am – 6pm.
(865)755-8839
Ohio State Universtiy College of Veterinary Medicine
(614) 292-1823.
Monday -- Friday 6:30 PM -- 9:30 PM and Saturday and Sunday 10 AM -- 4PM.
Hotline coverage is dependent on volunteer availability.
Pet Loss Support Hotline
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
(607) 253-3932
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
6-9pm EST
http://www.vet.cornell.edu/Org/Petloss/
The Iams Company maintains a special toll-free number for grieving pet owners.
The Iams Pet Loss Support Center & Hotline can be reached at:
1-888-332-7738 Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.
Dove Lewis Emergency Animal Hospital Pet Loss Support Services.
Providing free pet loss support groups in the Portland, Oregon area since 1986.
24 hour message line (503) 234-2061.
Long distance calls will be returned collect.
E-mails can be sent to grief counselor, Director of Pet Loss Support Services, Enid Traisman, MSW at etjournl@teleport .com.
Visit their website at www.dovelewis.org
In New Jersey
St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center
Meg M. Struble
Vice President of Operations
575 Woodland Avenue
Madison, NJ 07940
(973) 377-7094.
For the past 8 years they have offered pet loss support group sessions at no cost every Tuesday evening at their facility.
Individual sessions are also available for a nominal fee.
The Rainbow Passage - Pet Loss Support and Bereavement Center
Charlene Douglas
1528 E. River Rd.
Grafton, WI 53024
The telephone number for The Rainbow Passage is (414) 376-0340 (please leave a message on the voice mail and your call will be returned as soon as possible).
http://members.tripod.com/~Cheyene/rainbow.html
Email: douglasc@execpc.com or douglasc@alpha1.csd.uwm.edu
Telephone, written correspondence, and Internet pet loss support is free of charge.
Also a Pet Loss Packet of information is available free upon request.
Individual and group support sessions are also available.
Charlene has a MS in Counseling, is a Ph.D. candidate in Psychology, and has been doing pet loss counseling for the last 8 years.
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
Pet loss support program hotline:
Phone (877) 474-3310
The Animal Medical Center
New York City, (212) 838 8100
Chicago Illinois VMA, (630) 325-1600 anytime,
Calls will be returned 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
(Long distance calls will be returned "collect")
University of Florida Pet Loss Support Hotline, Gainesville, (352) 294-4430.
Calls will be returned between 9 and 4 Monday through Thursday.
Website - http://neuro.vetmed.ufl.edu/alt_med/petgrief/petloss.htm
This hotline will call back anyone, anywhere, at no cost to the caller.
Michigan State University School of Veterinary Medicine,
From 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM Eastern Time Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (517) 432 2696
Iowa State University Toll-free Pet-Loss Support Hotline 1-888-478-7574 (toll-free)
Hours of operation: September-April: 7 days a week, 6:00- 9:00 p.m. CST
May-August: Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6:00-9:00 p.m. CST
Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine Pet Loss Support Hotline
(508) 839-7966 Monday through Friday. 6-9 PM EST 24-hour voice-mail.
The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine
Philadelphia, (215) 898 4529
The Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine
Tuesday, Thursday, 6-9 PM Eastern Time (540) 231 8038
Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine
Pet Loss Partnership, Pullman, WA (509) 335 5704
Phones are Staffed Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 6:30 - 9:00 PM and Saturday 1:00-3:00 PM Pacific Time
Messages can be left 24 hours a day. All messages will be returned as soon as possible
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