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My Dog Died During Lockdown

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Started August 14, 2026

I’m tempted to say that Brooklyn was an odd place to ride out Covid, but I guess it was an odd experience everywhere

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My Dog Died During Lockdown

Freddie deBoer (United States) | Aug 13, 2026

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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
Some people believe that the loss of a pet is not as significant as the loss of human life during a crisis.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
Veterinary services should have been classified as essential infrastructure with guaranteed staffing and supply chains throughout lockdowns.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
Pet loss during lockdown was uniquely painful because isolation prevented normal grief rituals like funerals or gathering with friends.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
Personal stories from lockdown, including pet loss, are valuable testimony to how the pandemic actually felt for ordinary people.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
Some people believe that pet loss is trivial compared to other hardships faced during the pandemic.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
Support networks for grieving pet owners should be more widely promoted, especially during times of crisis.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
Grief counselling and pet loss support services should have been explicitly recognised as essential during lockdowns.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
Treating a pet's death as equivalent to human loss during Covid trivialises the scale of the pandemic's actual toll.
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Grieving a pet should not be minimized, regardless of the circumstances surrounding its death.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Aug 14, 2026
The loss of a pet during lockdown can greatly exacerbate feelings of isolation and grief.
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