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WHY A PET’S DEATH CAN HURT WORSE THAN LOSING A HUMAN LOVED ONE

A dog or cat’s passing can stir up particularly complicated emotions. Here’s how
to cope.

By Colleen Grablick
June 25, 2024 at 6:00 a.m. EDT

(Illustration by Fabio Consoli for The Washington Post)

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My first real pet was an auburn tabby named Lauren with a pinched face and a
puffy tail. I picked her up in Silver Spring, Md., in September 2021, and by the
time we got to my house in D.C. 30 minutes later, I was completely in love.

The immediacy — and intensity — of how I felt about her was surprising and
unfamiliar. And so was the emptiness that came with losing her only seven months
later. (She was barely 1 year old and had developed FIP, a deadly strain of
feline coronavirus that typically affects young cats.)




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