Coping with the pain of pet loss

Even if our cats live into their late teens and sometimes early twenties, it’s just not long enough.The price we pay for sharing our lives with these wonderful companions is that all of us whoconsiders our catsfamily members or best friends will sooner or later experience the pain of loss, and it can be as devastating as the loss of any loved one. Joelle Nielsen, a veterinary social worker at the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, says she often compares the loss of a pet t...