WBIR-TV visited the College of Veterinary Medicine’s Pet Loss Support Group to see how the school’s veterinary social work program is helping people cope with the loss of loved ones. Staff social worker Sarina Lyall says pet death and its grief are still hard for some to understand. Lyall explains, “We hope to help [people] maybe educate others that when they are saying, ‘It’s just a dog,’ they can say, ‘not to me.'”
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