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Posted inEditor's Pick

Ugly Cats and the Loneliness of Man

by Peter Rubin January 6, 2023January 6, 2023

“‘Pethood’ is a specific lens, one that reveals more about us than it does about the inner lives of the animals we have domesticated.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

Lucky’s Last Run

by Carolyn Wells November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

“One dog and two complete strangers set out to run across America.”

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How America Saved Millions of Dogs—By Moving Them

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 8, 2022October 19, 2022

“It is a good time to be an American dog. In the 1970s, as many as 20 million dogs and cats were euthanized each year. That number has declined precipitously. The ASPCA now estimates 390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats are euthanized each year, down from 2.6 million as recently as 2011.”

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A Dog’s Inner Life: What a Robot Pet Taught Me About Consciousness

by Carolyn Wells August 10, 2021October 19, 2022

“‘Clearly this is not a biological dog,’ my husband said. He asked whether I had realised that the red light beneath its nose was not just a vision system but a camera, or if I’d considered where its footage was being sent. While I was away, he told me, the dog had roamed around the […]

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The Cats and Dogs Who Eat Cats and Dogs

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“Pets, like humans, don’t expect the call of the wild to arrive in their faces.”

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Life and Death with a No-Good, Grumpy Dog

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands January 15, 2021October 19, 2022

“The other thing people say when a pet dies is, ‘She had a good life.’ But did she?” Shay Castle pens a moving obituary for her dog, Sydney.

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Waiting for Alice

by Leslie Kendall Dye January 28, 2020December 30, 2022

Nick and Nora had Asta. Why can’t we have Alice?

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A Woman’s Work: Becoming a Home of One’s Own

by Carolita Johnson December 18, 2019December 30, 2022

Carolita Johnson considers what it takes to recover from grief, build strength for the future, and become one’s own center of gravity again.

Posted inReading List

I Will Outlive My Cat: A Reading List on Pet Death

by Alison Fishburn September 24, 2019October 19, 2022

Alison Fishburn shares seven longreads on how humans experience the death of their pets.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story

How to Predict the Unpredictable

by Katie Gutierrez September 23, 2019January 27, 2023

After the death of her dog, Katie Gutierrez grapples with the ripple effects of her decisions — and how to live with uncertainty as a mother.

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