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Argus Institute for Families and Veterinary Medicine
Argus Institute for Families ( part of Veterinary Medicine and College of Veterinary Medicine) offers many pet loss and grief articles and resources for both pet owners and veterinarians.

AVMA Grief Counseling Resources
The AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Association) maintains a resource page of grief counseling services offered by many veterinary schools in the United States. This is a good "first stop" resource, as several support organizations are listed that do not have web sites, but contact and phone number information is available.

Cornell Pet Loss Support Hotline
This site offers pet owners grief support and euthanasia information in addition to hotline support.

Lightning Strike Pet Loss Support
This site offers forums, articles, blogs and more about loss and support to help grieving pet owners.

Pet Grief Counseling
A comprehensive resource list of university and private grief counseling and support hotlines that are available to grievine pet owners, from petloss.com.

Pet Loss & Bereavement Support Hotlines
Information about US and one Canadian pet loss support help, from the Delta Society.

Pet Loss Hotline at UC Davis
This support hotline service offers someone to talk to and is able to supply printed materials or assist in finding local help resources if need be.

Pet Loss Hotline at Washington State University
Staffed by trained veterinary student volunteers with support from Purina, this hotline provides "someone to talk to" in hopes that the healing process can begin.

Tufts Pet Loss Support Hotline
Several online grief resources are available on this site in addition to phone support information.