When her Old English bulldog Lucy contracted lymphoma and died unexpectedly last year, Ingrid Nelson was rocked by grief. The dog was a deep source of support for Nelson, a sometimes overwhelmed ...

(RNS) — The Rev. Terry Martin wrote his book after his own suffering in silence connected him, he says, to the suffering of animals. (RNS) — The Rev. Terry Martin had served large, busy Catholic ...

The fondest memories of my earliest childhood include those of my beloved pets: Zena, my black Labrador, my cat Saturn and my New Forest pony Diamond. More recently, I treasured my black Labrador, ...