Loss Resources from Pets Directory

Animal Planet: Saying Goodbye - How to face the biggest decision of all when to end your cat's life.

Care for My Cat: Feline Euthanasia and Coping with Cat Loss - Explains what euthanasia is and how to cope with the death of your cat.

CatStuff: Helping Your Cat Deal with the Loss of a Companion - Provides information on how to help your pet cope with the death of a companion animal.

Messybeast: Euthanasia - Gentle Death Painful Decision - Gives reasons for euthanasia how to face the tough decision examining life expectancy and facing the inevitable.

Messybeast: Time To Let Go - A guide to euthanasia the death of a cat and pet bereavement.

Messybeast: Towards the End From Feline Old Age Through to Pet Bereavement - Subjects covered include ageing disability care health diseases when to let go home nursing euthanasia bereavement and adopting another cat.

The Feline Advisory Bureau: Euthanasia - Describes what happens when a cat is "put to sleep". Also grieving and how to help children to cope.

VetCentric: Waiting for My Cats to Die - Book review about Stacy Horn's funny sad self-deprecating memoir about cats and death.

Vetinfo: Euthanasia - Mike Richards DVM explains what happens when a cat is euthanized and whether or not to consider euthanasia for cats with feline leukemia.