Pet loss
Sharing your loss with people who understand
Grieving for the loss of a pet, whether through death, parting or enforced separation, can be a sad and difficult experience. Life once filled with the love and friendship of a pet, may suddenly seem very empty and feelings of deep sadness and loneliness are not uncommon.
Sometimes it helps to share these feelings with someone who knows from personal experience how distressing the loss of a pet can be, and who will listen with compassion and without judgement. Our Pet Bereavement Support Service is able to help you through this traumatic time.
Contact the Pet Bereavement Support Service on 0800 096 6606 (UK only including northern Ireland). The support line is open from 8.30am - 8.30pm everyday. All calls are free and confidential from a landline. If calling from a mobile phone, some phone networks may charge.
Support line volunteers
The Pet Bereavement Support Service offers confidential support, understanding and practical information for pet owners and others in contact with animals through its telephone and email support line service. Dedicated and trained volunteers across the UK offer their time on the support line every day of the year to help pet owners through their loss. If you are interested in becoming a support line volunteer do get in touch for more information.
The service is run by Blue Cross. To maintain its high standards the Pet Bereavement Support Service is a member of The Helplines Association and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
Create an online memorial for your pet
Pet memorials can be a helpful and comforting way to remember and commemorate the life of a pet. A memorial to your much-loved companion will serve as a lasting testament to the unique bond that was shared between you. You can create a memorial here.
Would you like to share your story?
If you have contacted the Pet Bereavement Support Service in the past and our service has helped you, we would really like to hear from you. Your experience could really help to encourage others to contact us and will help us develop our service in a number of ways.
If you would like to share your story please contact us.
