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Home > Arhiva > 2013 > Numar: 3 > Human-Animal Bond: Loss and Grief. A Review of the Literature

 Human-Animal Bond: Loss and Grief. A Review of the Literature

    by:
  • Octavian Rujoiu (The Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Department of Philosophy and Social and Human Sciences, Bucharest, Romania, E-mail: octavian.rujoiu@man.ase.ro)
  • Valentina Rujoiu (University of Bucharest, Faculty of Sociology and Social Work, 9 Schitu Măgureanu Street, Bucharest, Romania, phone: 0040 213140326, E-mail: valentinarujoiu@yahoo.com)

This article is a review of the main research and studies on human-animal bond (in particular, on pets) and is focused on three levels: 1) the importance of companionship, 2) pet loss and grief, and 3) some concluding remarks regarding the cruelty against companion animals. Also implications of pet loss counseling from the social work perspective are discussed.

Keywords: loss, grief, emotional attachment, anthrozoology, the role of social worker