Honored to have a poem included in this anthology celebrating the human-animal relationship, written by members of the International Society for Anthrozoology (ISAZ). This poem remembers a special encounter with a rattlesnake while I was on a desert walk in Southern New Mexico.
In the midst of social distancing requirements and a time of grief and anxiety across the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, some have experienced a loss that compounds these difficulties: the death of an animal companion. I hope that readers who are missing a special animal during this time will feel a little less alone through having their experience recognized. This article will touch on the grief process, offer tips for self-care after loss, and provide a list of resourc
