About Pet Loss Support
How to contact us
Please don't hesitate to call us on 0800 096 6606 if you'd like to talk. We are available between 8.30am and 8.30pm every day. Due to the nature of the helpline and to keep your call confidential, we are unable to call you and cannot see your phone number if you call us.
Email us at [email protected] and we'll respond within 48 hours.
Our webchat service is staffed by our trained Pet Loss Support volunteers from 8.30am to 8.30pm, every day.
If you'd like to chat with one of our team, visit our Pet Loss Support page and click the chat icon in the bottom right hand corner of your screen.
If the icon isn't visible, none of our team are available right now. Please don't hesitate to call us on 0800 096 6606, or email us at [email protected], if you'd still like to share.
Get in contact using our confidential form, below. We'll respond via email within 48 hours.
Find support from people who have been through pet loss on our pet loss support community on Facebook.
The private group is moderated by our expert team. Click 'join group' to post and read the discussions.
If you need to speak to someone outside of our opening hours (8.30am to 8.30pm), the Samaritans will always be there for you. Call them anytime on 116 123.
Get in contact with our Pet Loss Support service
We’re always here for you
We know that the loss of a pet impacts everyone differently. Feelings of despair, loneliness and even depression can be overwhelming. There may also be a strong sense of guilt and self-doubt, particularly when a decision has been taken to euthanase or rehome a pet. Whatever you are feeling, it's completely normal.
We often hear that friends, family or colleagues don’t quite understand the upset that losing a pet can bring, and grieving for a pet can be a very lonely experience. Sometimes it helps to share these feelings with someone who knows, from personal experience, how distressing pet loss can be, and who will listen with compassion and without judgement.
Maybe you can’t quite find the words to express how you feel, you feel floored by the absence of an animal, or you have questions about whether or not to get another pet. You may feel you will burden friends or family with your grief, or you are anticipating the time you will have to say goodbye to a pet who is still living, or are heartbroken about a pet who is missing or stolen. You may even wish to call about a pet who has passed away many months or even years ago.
Pet Loss Support can support you with whatever you're feeling, whenever you want to contact us.
Our team is fully trained and everything you tell us is confidential, unless you were to tell us anything that suggested that you or someone else was in danger.
More about us
Pet Loss Support was launched in 1994 to help grieving pet owners. Since then we have helped thousands of pet owners of all ages and from all walks of life.
Volunteers, who have all experienced the loss of a pet and have completed a training course on how to help you, respond to calls, emails and webchat every day. They offer a listening ear and guidance on coping as you work through your loss.
Pet Loss Support also offers practical information on pet loss for friends, family members and others who have contact with pet owners.
Our mission is to reach as many people as possible with compassion and understanding, so that no one goes through the pain of losing a pet alone.
'Goodbye my friend': A story of pet loss
After losing her beloved cat Max, Jackie Buckle decided to help others grieving for pets by becoming a volunteer for our Pet Loss Support service.
'Goodbye my friend': A story of pet loss
After losing her beloved cat Max, Jackie Buckle decided to help others grieving for pets by becoming a volunteer for our Pet Loss Support service.
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We're here to help you and your pet if you're not sure where to turn.
Cost of living
We're here to help you and your pet if you're not sure where to turn.
