Saying goodbye to a beloved cat isn’t easy. Finding support and empathy can help.

By Wendy Christensen

Deciding to authorize euthanasia is one of the most important and toughest decisions you’ll ever make. Perhaps your ill or aged cat will slip away peacefully in his sleep. But more often, it will be up to you to make that final decision for him. How will you know when it’s time? To whom can you turn for informed and sympathetic guidance?

Trust your veterinarian — she’s encountered numerous situations that called for this emotionally difficult decision. Many veterinarians have also experienced this dilemma from the other side of the examining table — as loving, and sometimes conflicted, caregivers for their own companion animals. …

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