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Here are some resources for dealing with the loss of a beloved pet
Petloss.com is a gentle and
compassionate website for pet lovers who are grieving over the death
of a pet or an ill pet.
Here you will find personal support, thoughtful
advice, The Monday Pet Loss Candle Ceremony, Tribute Pages, healing
poetry like Rainbow Bridge & much more.
Grief Healing
Pet Loss Support Page
Pet Loss
Hotlines
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
CARE grief support Contact information:
griefhelp@cvm.uiuc.edu
Toll free 1-(877) 394-CARE (2273) (no charge for the call or the
time spent on the phone)
Local (217) 244-CARE (2273)
http://www.cvm.uiuc.edu/CARE/online.html
Just this
side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.
When an
animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that
pet goes to Rainbow Bridge.
There are
meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run
and play together.
There is
plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and
comfortable.
All the
animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and
vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and
strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and
times gone by.
The
animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they
each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left
behind.
They all
run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops
and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent; His
eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group,
flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and
faster.
You have
been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet,
you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again.
The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the
beloved head, and
you look
once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from
your life but never absent from your heart.
Then you
cross Rainbow Bridge together....

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