Pet Loss Hotlines

• (530) 752-3602, or toll free (800) 565-1526 Staffed by University of California-Davis veterinary students; weekdays, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., Pacific Time (PT); http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/petloss/index.htm.

 

 • (352) 392-4700; then dial 1 and 4080, staffed by Florida community volunteers; weekdays, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Eastern Time (ET); or call (352) 392-4700 X4744 (Joy Diaz) at the University; http://www.vetmed.ufl.edu/vmth/companions.htm.

 

• (517) 432-2696 Staffed by Michigan State University veterinary students; Tuesday to Thursday, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., ET; http://cvm.msu.edu/petloss/index.htm.

 

• (630) 325-1600 Staffed by Chicago VMA veterinarians and staffs. Leave voice-mail message; calls will be returned 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., CT (Long-distance calls will be returned collect).

 

• (540) 231-8038 Staffed by Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine; Tuesday, Thursday, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., ET.

 

• (614) 292-1823 Staffed by The Ohio State University veterinary students; Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., ET; voice-mail messages will be returned, collect, during operating hours.

 

• (508) 839-7966 Staffed by Tufts University veterinary students; Monday through Friday, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., ET; voice-mail messages will be returned daily, collect outside Massachusetts; http://www.tufts.edu/vet/petloss/.

 

 • (888) ISU-PLSH (478-7574) Pet Loss Support Hotline hosted by the Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine, operational seven days a week, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., (CST) from Sept-April; Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., (CST) from May-August. http://vetmed.iastate.edu/animals/petloss/.

 

• (607) 253-3932 Cornell University Pet Loss Support Hotline staffed by Cornell University Veterinary Students Tuesday-Thursday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., ET, messages will be returned. http://www.vet.cornell.edu/Org/PetLoss/.

 

• (217) 244-2273 or toll-free (877) 394-2273 (CARE) Staffed by University of Illinois veterinary students. Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. .,Central Time; http://www.cvm/uiuc.edu/CARE/.

 

• Argus Institute: Grief Resources, Colorado State University. For the Argus Institute office call (970) 491-4143, http://www.argusinstitute.colostate.edu/grief.htm.

 

• (509) 335-5704, Pet Loss Hotline, Washington State University, College of Veterinary Medicine; staffed during the semester on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Pacific Time, http://www.vetmed..wsu.edu/plhl/index.htm.