How can the veterinary college memorialize the animals?
A veterinary college and its veterinary students may wish to honor or recognize clients who donate their companion animals to an EMP. Such issues of how to acknowledge the memory of the animal’s life may best be addressed by grief counselors at the college. It is imperative that donation consent forms clearly have an option whereby the client may elect to remain anonymous. While some client’s do not mind being recognized, others may wish to remain anonymous and it is crucial to the success of the EMP that these wishes be respected. Certainly many creative and meaningful ways to memorialize the animal can be explored. Suggestions include a memorialization quilt or wall. The college may want to send sympathy or thank you cards to the participating clients. Of course perhaps the most important way to honor the animals’ lives is for the veterinary students to learn as much as possible from them to benefit future animals.
