In Loving Memory
A quiet place to remember the dogs, cats and companions who were family. The stolen socks, the 6 a.m. wake-up calls, the way they always knew when you’d had a bad day.
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Alongside our visitors’ own pets, we remember a few well-known animals whose stories touched many people. We wrote those tributes from published reports (each links its source). Their photos are public domain or used under Creative Commons licenses, credited on each card. No affiliation with or endorsement by the people and organizations who cared for them is implied.
Lucca
Lucca led more than 400 missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, and no one was lost under her watch. When an explosion took her leg in 2012, she retired to a quiet life with her very first handler, who adopted her. She became the first Marine Corps dog to receive the Dickin Medal, the highest honor for animals in war, and lived to 14.
Colo
Colo was the first gorilla ever born in a zoo, on December 22, 1956, and she spent her whole life at the Columbus Zoo. She helped raise her twin grandsons from birth and grew into a matriarch with 3 children, 16 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. At 60, she died peacefully in her sleep.
Tama
Tama was a calico cat who grew up among the strays near Kishi Station, where passengers fed her. Named stationmaster, with a hat made just for her, she greeted riders, drew visitors from all over, and is credited with saving the little rural line. When she died at 16, thousands came to pay their respects, and she was named Honorary Eternal Stationmaster.
Gus
Gus was the much-loved polar bear of New York's Central Park Zoo, where about 20 million visitors watched him glide through his pool. He shared his home with his companions Lily and Ida (that's Ida with him in the photo), and the three were featured at an international conference on keeping zoo animals engaged and happy. He lived to 27, well past the usual lifespan of polar bears in human care.
Hachikō
Hachikō met his person, Professor Hidesaburō Ueno, at Shibuya Station every day. After the professor died in 1925, Hachikō kept coming back to the station to wait for him, almost every day for nearly ten years. His statue still stands at the station, and people still meet there. Love like that doesn't end when a life does.
Balto
Balto led the team on the last leg of the 1925 serum run, carrying medicine through an Alaskan winter to stop a diphtheria outbreak in Nome. Years later, when he and his teammates were living in poor conditions, the people of Cleveland raised the money to bring them home in just two weeks. Balto lived out his life in comfort at the Cleveland Zoo and died at 14.
Someone you know is grieving a pet?
People often don’t know what to say. Tell us their first name and their pet’s name. Once we’ve read it, we’ll email you a free memorial book gift to pass along: a link where they add their favorite photos and memories, and we turn them into a keepsake book. There’s nothing to buy. We never contact them ourselves; the gift comes from you.
For vet clinics, shelters & pet businesses
If you’d like to keep these free resources at your front desk, here are our cards. The back has three QR codes your clients can scan: this memorial page, our free Pet Health Monitor, and Pets Are Family (help with vet bills).
Printable sheet (10 cards) Single card (for a print shop)
The sheet fits standard Avery 5371 / 8371 business card paper, or plain paper and scissors. Print double-sided and flip on the long edge.
Why we do this
We’re Good Food Good Feels, a small business in California. Our founder, Charles, looks after a colony of community cats near his home. We’re also campaigning for California to help low-income families pay their vet bills, so nobody has to lose a pet over rent money (Pets Are Family).
Losing a pet is losing family. This page is our small way of saying: the world noticed, and it cares.
If you need someone to talk to
- Cornell Pet Loss Support Hotline, 607-218-7457. Trained veterinary students listen; call for current hours.
- Your own vet’s office often knows local pet-loss support groups. It’s OK to ask.
- If grief ever feels like too much, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline) any time.
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