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Poki is one of the many animals given a second chance at life thanks to San Diego Humane Society

Thanks to a $500,000 match from the Resource Partners Foundation, donations made to San Diego Humane Society through the end of the year will be doubled. Proceeds from SDHSs Holiday Drive to Save Lives will go toward providing care to some 40,000 animals a year that goes beyond that found in traditional shelters, such as advanced veterinary medicine and a behavior and training program.

SDHS highlighted the success story of Poki, a fearful but healthy dog with behavioral issues who was relinquished by a family that was unable to care for him. Trainers worked with him for four months to ensure he would be ready for a new home.

In communities that cant offer the appropriate behavioral support, many dogs like Poki face the heartbreaking possibility of euthanasia, said Brian Daugherty, SDHS senior vice president and chief of philanthropy and communications. Thats why our Behavior and Training program is such an important part of how we save lives. And its why our Holiday Drive to Save Lives is so important. Poki is a perfect example of the specialized care we can provide animals at San Diego Humane Society because of the generosity of our community.

The $500,000 match from the Resource Partners Foundation is the largest in SDHS history. To donate and double your contribution, visitsdhumane.org/matchingor textholidaydrive to 50155.

Fifteen organizations that help underserved kids received grants from Rest Haven Childrens Health Fund

Rest Haven Childrens Health Fund, which supports nonprofits that help underserved children in San Diego and Imperial counties, awarded 15 organizations more than $182,000 in grants. The funds will be used to bolster each organizations capacity to address the physical, developmental, and/or mental health needs of kids and teens. Among their recipients were Connect Med, the Emilio Nares Foundation, Promises2Kids, San Diego Center for Children, Boys & Girls Clubs of San Dieguito, and Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego.

In addition to grants, Rest Haven also provides funding assistance for individual children through an online referral process.Any service provider whos working with a child and identifies a health-related need thats going unmet due to financial reasons can submit a referral form atresthavenchf.org.

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Ring In the New Year by Helping Shelter Pets - San Diego Magazine

A DO not resuscitate order, or a DNR order, is a medical order from a doctor stating that no steps should be taken to restart the patient's heart or restore breathing if the patient experiences cardiac arrest or respiratory arrest.

This may be given if CPR presents further risks to the patient or keeps in line with the patient's wishes.

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A DNRorder means that a doctor is not required to resuscitate a patient if their heart stops and is designed to prevent unnecessary suffering.

Circumstances whereresuscitation is not appropriate include:

TheBritish Medical Association and the Royal College of Nursing say that DNR orders should only be issued after discussions have been held with patients or their family.

Although it may be difficult to have discussions with patients and their relatives about whether to revive or not, doctors accept that this is no reason why discussions should not take place.

The most difficult cases for discussion are usually those involving patients who know they were going to die, are suffering a lot of pain, but who could live for several months.

Although DNRs can be regarded as a form of passive euthanasia, they are not controversial unless they are abused.

Their primary intention is to prevent patients suffering from the bad effects that resuscitation can cause, including broken ribs, other fractures, ruptured spleen, brain damage.

Healthcare providers need to be able to justify the decision.

Although the order implies that patients must be made aware of a DNR decision and given the opportunity to discuss it, it does not give the individual the right to demand treatment.

DNR orders are used in the UK but there are procedures that must be followed.

However, NHS Trusts must ensure:

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What does a do not resuscitate order mean and how do DNR forms work in the UK?... - The Sun

Dear Editor,

This poor lady's case illustrates the dilemma of what constitutes ordinary and extraordinary care. This is a crucial debate considering the push for euthanasia, assisted suicide, etc, in some quarters. Medical care is not about flogging dead horses, it is not about over zealous intervention or the mindset of keeping a body alive at all costs. It is also not about bumping off tired folk, people with considered loss of autonomy or unbearable suffering.

It should be about a caring palliation of the final moments and days in a person's life. About a dedicated approach to bio-psycho-social and spiritual care. Prolonging the dying process or enforcing arduous treatments in patients with a terminal prognosis is over-medicalisation and unhelpful.

The world pattern is for people to die at home without interventions, simply because they don't exist and families do their best. In the developed world medicine has tools to keep people alive and hopefully bring a cure. Their overuse causes problems for hospitals and families and the patients. Sometimes it is best to "call it a day" and allow life to happen and for people to be allowed to die. It is a natural process. I am aware that pressures may be brought to bear to follow a different route to that guided by wisdom and medical expertise and so be it. People and families are entitled to make choices provided the choice is available, does not exclude another more deserving patient from more benefit, and is affordable. We absolutely do not need assisted suicide or euthanasia but what is needed is a reasonable and balanced attitude to death and what is and what is not in keeping with the dignity of life and the person in its management. We should become more expert in preventing overzealous interventions when foreseeable.

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Re: Covid-19: Second judge says that most complex covid patient in the world should be allowed to die - The BMJ

With NSWs voluntary assisted dying bill passing the lower house last month, UNSW ethics and health law experts weigh in on the debate, arguing that currentpalliative care practices for people living with a life-limiting illness are not enough.

This often leads terminally ill people to resort to horrific and undignified means to put an end to their suffering.

People who are desperate to end their lives should be able to do so in a dignified manner surrounded by loved ones and on their own terms, says Dr Marc De Leeuw, an expert in biolegality and ethics.

When dealing with end of life, experts say palliative care specialised medical care for people living with a serious illness alone is often not enough. In fact, some current practices have already rendered palliative care obsolete.

The daily actual reality in hospitals is that doctors and nurses are forced to make decisions with the patients and their families regarding the palliative regime which in many cases are not far removed from an active euthanasia practice, Dr De Leeuw says.

For example, palliative care cannot be provided to someone with dementia or a neurological disease which slowly destroys the brain or nervous system.

Palliative care is not applicable in this case because their physical condition allows life to continue while the actual person within that body slowly disappears, Dr De Leeuw says.

Some studies have also demonstrated that only a small minority of patients want to end their lives due to pain, says Health law expert Associate Professor Jennifer Schulz Moore.

"Evidence from the Netherlands and Oregon in the United States, suggests that the provision of euthanasia has focused attention on deficiencies in the provision of palliative care and in pain management.

"So, it is unlikely that palliative care services will resolve the issue, particularly given that palliative care and voluntary assisted dying could coexist," she says.

To date, NSW is the lone state in Australia to consider legalising voluntary assisted dying. All other states have already shown strong public support for voluntary assisted dying and passed legislation.

NSWs voluntary assisted dying bill passed the lower house last month and will move to the upper house for a vote next year.

If the bill is passed by a majority vote, euthanasia for the terminally ill will become legal in NSW.

Based on the evidence and experience from overseas jurisdictions such as the Netherlands and Oregon, euthanasia law does not support the slippery slope argument, A/Prof. Schulz Moore says.

For example, she says that there was a decrease in the prevalence of euthanasia between 1990-2010 in the Netherlands.

Individuals within a democracy should be allowed the free exercise of their choice, including the choice of when and how they wish to die, she says.

According to Dr De Leeuw, whether euthanasia law is a slippery slope also depends on its eligibility criteria.

If euthanasia is purely intended to offer patients who are dying or who are going through prolonged unbearable suffering, the voluntary dying bill will allow them an earlier and more peaceful ending and will extend the ethos of palliative care, he says.

However, it might be difficult to define unbearable suffering in many cases as it can be quite subjective.

For someone at the beginning of dementia who doesnt want to wait till they no longer recognise others or know who they are; the criterion of unbearable suffering is subjective. Is the fear of losing ones identity and self-awareness unbearable and sufficient reason to end your life?

Research has also indicated that many people who have discussed euthanasia with their GP, do not end up taking that option in the end.

For them, its more about the comfort of having the option of euthanasia in the 'worst case scenario', Dr De Leeuw says.

The most difficult aspect of administering an assisted dying procedure is ensuring that the patient is fully aware and competent in making their own decisions, he says.

Does forgetting a few things make you less competent? Does being on heavy medication exclude you from being fully competent? Can prolonged loneliness contribute to depression and ongoing sickness that can potentially evoke the will to die?

One can ask if euthanasia is the ultimate form of individual choice in our liberal society or a sign that our communities and family structure are no longer able to give care and empathy to loved ones at the end of life, Dr De Leeuw says.

But when it comes to the law, such questions are rarely debated.

The law focuses on accountability in this case of the doctors providing assistance to death. Their action should not lead to criminal conviction. It is therefore essential that a very clear legal framework defines what counts and does not count as legal euthanasia in Australia, he says.

The lack of access to assisted dying practices in some countries has led others to introduce so-called euthanasia-tourism. In Switzerland, active euthanasia is illegal, but to provide the means to commit euthanasia is not. On average, it can cost a patient a minimum of $10,000 (in addition to flights and hotel stay) for the procedure.

The fact that terminally ill people choose to die in another country, somewhere far away from home, says a lot about how people in real need will always find a way to end their life no matter what, Dr De Leeuw says.

And those who cant afford it are left to suffer or try self-euthanasia by other means. This is why a euthanasia legislation is urgent in NSW, he says.

But first, it is important to set out very clear guidelines and define the circumstances under which euthanasia will be allowed.

This includes guidelines for those ending their lives, their families and loved ones, and the doctors aiding.

The need to legalise euthanasia responds to the right of a dignified death which is not just related to our physical and mental condition but also related to a social, political, and economic question concerning the quality of our healthcare system, nursing homes, and the ability of the community and families to care for those who need it, Dr De Leeuw says.

Euthanasia should lead a larger social debate about how we care for the most vulnerable, and how society as a whole, can better support the deep relational aspect of how we live together as humans.

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Voluntary assisted dying bill: Should terminally ill people be allowed the right to end their life? - UNSW Newsroom

With the help of this grant, the organization will be able to sterilize, vaccinate and microchip dogs and cats to support its efforts to help the homeless pets find homes.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of homeless and stray animals are put to sleep simply because there's no room in shelters to house them and no families willing to adopt them.

The St. Francis Society, named for St. Francis of Assisi, the Catholic saint known for his kindness to animals, finds homes for nearly 2,000 cats and kittens found living outside in often horrific conditions.

"This funding from PetSmart Charities will enable us to make a huge difference in the lives of Tampa homeless pets. With it, we will be able to provide veterinary care, vaccines and microchips so that 1,000 cats and kittens may find their forever homes. We are so proud to partner with PetSmart Charities." said Lisa Knight, president of the St. Francis Society.

"Adopting a pet is a big decision," said Heidi Fulcher, senior adoptions grant manager at PetSmart Charities. "It's ideal for a pet to be given preventative health measures, removing a few less tasks to manage during the transition. We're proud to partner with St. Francis Society to support their noble and compassionate work."

Established in 1997, St. Francis Society Animal Rescue is an all-volunteer, 501-c3 animal rescue organization dedicated to saving the lives of sick, injured and stray domestic animals as well as spaying/neutering and providing medical services for those animals.

Each year, nearly half of the animals the nonprofit rescues are saved from euthanasia. Additionally, each year, St. Francis Society volunteers trap, neuter, vaccinate and return feral cats to their colonies in Tampa.

Humane organizations around the country consider this a humane way of dealing with feral cat populations without euthanasia. Once the cats no longer have the ability to reproduce, eventually the colonies disappear.

St. Francis is just one of the many nonprofits supported by PetSmart Charities.

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Kittens Share Top Christmas Wish With Santa: A Home Of Their Own - Patch.com

Why Christmas?

Dear Editor,

In quiet moments, we know we stand before God as sinners. None can claim perfection. In the end, no economic status, title, skin color, creed, religious denomination, nationality, position, heritage or possessions will matter. Only the condition of our soul towards God and His Son Jesus will count.

Israel in the Old Testament knew God, but she wandered away, began worshiping idols. Similarly, Americas idols are money, power, sex, entertainment, greed, forms of addictions and luxury. The drifting from God has brought unjust behaviors into our culture. Human life is devalued resulting in abortions, euthanasia and assisted suicide, all considered acceptable solutions to the inconvenience of unplanned pregnancies, painful illnesses or suffering depression.

Many at Christmas will ponder God invading mankind by being born human in the humblest means possible. Jesus, our Savior, advocate, and defender against the evil one, understands the downcast, the disadvantaged, the marginalized. He experienced it first hand as a human being. His sacrificial death and resurrection from the grave provide forgiveness and hope. God did not send His Son into the world to condemn it but that through Him the world might be saved. John 3: 17

The empty idols of this world will never satisfy the soul. Only Gods forgiveness through Jesus does that. Why Christmas? Because, God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him will not perish, but have eternal life. John 3:16. Have a Blessed Christmas!

Lucia Hunter

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Letter to the Editor - Revere Journal

Fiction

Review by Robin MacArthur

How High We Go in the Darkby Sequoia NagamatsuWilliam Morrow, 2022 ($27.99)

Sometimes a novel comes along that feels so prescientso startlingly aligned with the happenings of the real worldit seems plausible that the author was attuned not just to scientific foreshadowing but to some divinatory reading of the stars.

I felt this reading Sequoia Nagamatsu's How High We Go in the Dark, a dystopian narrative set in the near future about an ancient virus that is uncovered by a scientist named Clara while she is researching melting permafrost in the Arctic. Tragically, Clara and her peers, while working tirelessly to slow the climate crisis, unwittingly spark the kind of global suffering they were hoping to avoid.

This Arctic plague soon causes widespread panic, death and grief, and Nagamatsu imagines the ways sorrow, technology and art might align in such a fathomable future. In a series of interconnected stories told from multiple points of view, we encounter a euthanasia theme park for dying children, a surreal version of the afterlife, a talking pig, a black hole implanted in the brain of a scientist, a funerary skyscraper, a dysfunctional repair shop for robotic dogs, and an interstellar spaceship. Woven throughout are flickers of starlight, myth and humanity's age-old connection with the natural world. Humming beneath the fantastical, scientific and mystical imaginings of this book are quiet and tender stories of love, family and belonging.

Although the glitter of Nagamatsu's imaginative renderings was what first caught my attention, it was these personal stories that lingered. Set in the future amid a pandemic far worse than our own, this polyphonic novel reflects our human desire to find meaning within tragedy. To feel our innate interconnection with all things, to care for one anotherstrangers, evenduring times of immense loss, to learn how to say goodbye, to make things of beauty, and, most essentially, to inhabit and tend a livable planet for all.

Dark and Magical Places: The Neuroscience of Navigationby Christopher KempW. W. Norton, 2022 ($26.95)

Navigation is the one of the most complex cognitive tasks humans engage in daily. In this fascinating dive into the brain, neurobiology researcher Christopher Kemp explores how we orient where we're going, why we lose our way, and what scientists know about how we do both these things. Kemp's explanations of concepts such as grid cells are clear and engaging, but the book shines brightest in his entertaining descriptions of his own chronic lost-ness, as well as in surprisingly moving stories about people who have wandered perilously off route. Some make it home, but others don't. Tess Joosse

The High Houseby Jessie GreengrassScribner, 2022 ($27)

In Jessie Greengrass's lush novel, set on the flood-ravaged English coast, a climate activist named Francesca has prepared a shelter but dies in a hurricane before she can reach it.* Following her survival plan, Francesca's young son and stepdaughter flee to the high house, where they are met by Grandya resourceful steward of sorts for the emptying vacation townand his granddaughter. This unlikely quartet holes up, struggling to adjust to new circumstances. As the water rises, threatening to reach even them, Greengrass explores what it is like to grow up amid an escalating catastrophe and what remains after so much is swept away. Ian Battaglia

This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknownby Taylor HarrisCatapult, 2022 ($26)

Taylor Harris's gripping memoir is about medicine in the same way it is about race: completely and not at all. When her second child, Tophs, starts experiencing inexplicable symptoms, even the most seasoned specialists are baffled. At each turn in their medical journey, Harris and her husband demand to exist and to be taken seriously in a system that would rather ignore them. With tender, evocative prose, the author executes a daunting undertaking: to floodlight the intersection of two burdensBlack and undiagnosedin a world that is comfortable with neither. The result is alternately heartwarming and enraging. Maddie Bender

*Editors Note (12/16/21): This sentence was edited after posting to correct the description of the novels setting.

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A Near-Future Plague, the Neuroscience of Navigation, and More - Scientific American

The plans in the current Salama Insurance provide pet owners the option of paying monthly or annual premium amounts. Image Credit: Shutterstock

Dubai: As pet care costs escalate, pet insurance is something many pet owners wish for.

A new pet insurance introduced by Salama Insurance covers sickness and emergency care and provides direct billing at 10 vet clinics on their network across the UAE and 20 per cent co-payment. It covers over 350 breeds of dogs, including mixed breeds and all cat breeds.

The plans in the current Salama Insurance provide pet owners the option of paying monthly or annual premium amounts. They not only take care of regular vet visits but also expenses such as sudden injury or accident, ad for a missing pet, reward for a missing pet and humane euthanasia recommended by the vet.

Pet care costs

Statistics on pet care in the UAE indicate that pet owners shell out a minimum of Dh1,000 when their pet falls ill and needs medical intervention. It is estimated that emergency vet bills in the UAE range from Dh900 and go into thousands of dirhams.

Speaking to Gulf News, Aoun Smadi from Salama Insurance, said: Pet owners always want to provide the best care for their pets, just as they would for their familys health. An affordable pet insurance plan will provide them peace of mind. We have designed this insurance as an instant, affordable and convenient solution that offers flexibility, direct billing option, higher insurance limits among other benefits to people who love their furry friends.

How it works

Luke Craven of Yalla Compare, a digital platform where the new insurance plan is available, said several pet insurance schemes in the past were discontinued as they were not financially feasible. Now the insurance provider has worked out the expense systematically and priced it in a manner which is a win-win for all. The cost of the insurance, which can be paid in monthly or as a one time annual fee, will differ, going by the breed, size, age and species of the animal.

What is on offer?

The insurance has three packages bronze, silver and gold, with a co-insurance pay of 20 per cent and is already live on the digital platform. A pet owner can fill in all details about the pet and get a quote on different packages and premiums for pets from eight weeks old to 10 years of age, said Craven.

Once subscribed to an annual plan, and depending on the package, the insurance will cover vet fees, medical treatment, cost of medicine, diagnostics, advertising costs for a missing dog, reward amount, liability cover if the animal is involved in damage or injury of a third party, preventative care and euthanasia.

Pet owners can read the document and go through the fine print to understand details on exclusions, inclusions for the package they choose.

Prices are clearly calculated on the age, breed and gender of the animal.

One can subscribe to the insurance online.

Direct billing at 10 vet clinics across the UAE.

Choice of Bronze, Silver or Gold package with a vet fee limit of Dh10,000, Dh20,000 and Dh30,000 respectively.

Also covered is advertising for a missing pet and a reward fee, the limit for which is Dh750 in the Silver and Gold Package.

Euthanasia recommended for sick or old dog covered for Dh750 in silver and gold package.

There is preventative treatment of up to Dh400 covered in the gold package.

Pet owners can expect a reimbursement of 80 per cent with a co-insurance fee of 20 per cent per visit.

Third party liability cover of up to Dh20,000 is available in the gold and silver packages.

What are prerequisites?

* Pet must be owned by a person with a valid Emirates ID and resident visa in the UAE.

Pet must be at least eight weeks old in age and not exceed 10 years of age to be eligible for a cover. In case of a pet that is in the ongoing cover, insurance will cease to be valid from its 11th birthday.

Pets must be micro-chipped, must have undergone mandatory vaccinations and also a yearly dental check-up to be eligible.

Insurance claim is active from day one of the cover but in case of a new insurance, the claim for an illness cannot be made before 14 days of the start of the policy or the first 48 hours in case of accident after issue date.

Hereditary conditions are not covered and pre-existing conditions are not covered.

Policy covers all expenses at the vet that comprises consultation fee, examination, diagnostic screening costs, medicines and nursing care.

There is a detailed list of exclusions on the website and explanations on cancellation of policy

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Have you got a pet insurance for your pet in the UAE? - Gulf News

Habersham County Animal Care and Control participated in a transport Friday that sent more than 100 animals to rescue groups up north to find their forever homes.

The transport was part of a rescue initiative called the Georgia Transport Alliance, which is organized by volunteer coordinators and Northeast Georgia animal shelter teams. Since the organization was founded by Gail Connor of Metro Atlanta in 2018, more than 10,000 Northeast Georgia animals have gone to northern rescue organizations to find their forever homes.

Connor, a native New Yorker, spent more than 15 years in animal rescue. One of the things shes seen during her time in Georgia is that the number of homeless animals far outweighs the number of adopters, something that isnt the case up north.

In the north, they have more adopters than they have animals, which is something that we can only dream about Georgia, Connor says. I have about 115 rescues in the Northeast and Midwest that we transport to.

The Habersham County Animal Shelter, led by Animal Care and Control Director Madi Nix, has participated in 77 animal transports and sent around 806 animals to rescue organizations with the Georgia Transport Alliance.

For a lot of animal control [groups], their job is to rid the town of unwanted or lost animals . . . Im so thankful that some of the shelters do take on a rescue mentality so that they are looking for answers to save lives, Connor says. In Georgia, we just dont have enough adopters for all the homeless animals. Many [animal control groups] from my experience dont even try hard to find solutions for their animals, whereas Madi will do whatever it takes.

Northeast Georgia animal shelters, from Madison-Oglethorpe Animal Shelter in Danielsville to Forsyth County Animal Shelter in Cumming, come together to make these transports happen. Through the cooperation of these shelters, transports happen almost weekly, but not always of the magnitude of Fridays transport.

Habersham County sent 37 animals on the transport, while Madison-Oglethorpe sent 28. Shelters like the Athens-Clarke County Shelter, Hall County Animal Shelter, DeKalb County Shelter and a slew of others also sent animals on the transport to get them into forever homes.

The transporting of animals isnt free but it is a group effort between Northeast Georgias shelters and the rescues that take those animals in to make sure financial burdens dont fall on one group or organization.

During transports, the shelters trade off who pays for gas money, and the rescues up north help take care of vet bills. For Habershams share of transport costs, Nix says that donations have helped cover those expenses. But she says that even with transports up the coast costing around $400 in gas, its a better allocation of tax dollars to transport animals to rescues.

Its costing us less to get these animals out of here than it is to pay to feed them, to pay to take care of them, to have the space to house them, all that kind of stuff, Nix says. Theres no point in these animals sitting here for no reason. Its not like we dont have to put money into them the longer they sit there.

Nix estimates that each animal at the shelter costs about $10 a day to feed, house and provide veterinary care for.

Transports work when it comes to getting homeless animals adopted, according to Nix. She tells Now Habersham that the animals they send on transports have been waiting at the shelter hoping for homes for months. Several of the animals that went out on Fridays transport had been at the shelter since September.

Kensington, a female terrier/pit mix who came to the shelter at the beginning of September, went on a transport to Connecticut earlier this month. Within five days, shed been adopted by her forever family.

No one wanted that dog, Nix said. [But when] she went up north, she was adopted within five days.

Kensington joined a family of four, where she has a bed of her own, two children, ages 5 and 7, to play with, a fireplace to warm her belly and an adoring mom.

Weve been having a blast with her already, Mandi Evans, who adopted Kensignton, tells Now Habersham. She loves snuggling on our beds with us and going for walks to explore the neighborhood. Shes already learned to sit and lie down, so were pretty excited about that! Shes super sweet and we just love her so much already!!

Not only are these transports successful, but Connor says they are the best way for Georgia to decrease their homeless animal population. The best defense against homeless animals and euthanasia is, according to Nix, Connor and animal rescue groups around the country, spaying and neutering.

The answer to getting our [pet] population under control there are three things you have, Connor says. Youve got Georgia adoptions, which are never going to solve the problem,youve got spay-neuter, which is very important to get these populations under control and then we have transport or you have euthanasia, take your pick.

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More than 100 Northeast Georgia animals transported to rescues - Now Habersham

San Diego Humane Society is here to support you when the time has come to say goodbye to a cherished pet, a time that can be emotional and overwhelming.

We provide a variety of compassionate services to help you through this difficult time.

San Diego Humane Society provides post-surrender euthanasia services for pet owners at a reduced cost of $50. This service does not include the option of being present during the euthanasia. (note: We do not euthanize healthy pets.)

Owner requested euthanasia can be scheduled by appointment. Please call 619-299-7012 for further information and assistance.

We offer communal cremation for an additional fee.

The following organizations assist with aftercare decisions (cremation/burial). If you have any questions about the program as it relates to San Diego Humane Society, please call619-299-7012during regular business hours.

Recommended Services

West Coast Pet Memorial 8995 Crestmar Pt. San Diego, CA 92121westcoastpetmemorial.com858-909-0009Services: private, individual, communal (at sea) and a viewing chapel.

The loss of a pet is never easy, and having a support system can help you through the healing process. Our Pet Loss Support Group provides an environment where thoughts and emotions can be shared and feelings of grief are understood and validated. It's open to everyone 10 and up, and is appropriate for those who have recently lost a pet, are still mourning an old loss, are anticipating the death of a pet or are preparing for euthanasia.

For more information about our pet loss support services, call 619-299-7012, ext. 2311.

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