Rescue Dog Offers Comfort During Pets’ Final Moments

Veterinarian Lauren McNamara has devoted her career to healing animals, but she admits the most difficult part of her job is performing euthanasia. At only 26 years old, she has guided countless pets through their final moments, and what pains her most is when owners cannot bring themselves to be present.

The issue became especially common during the Covid pandemic, when restrictions often barred families from accompanying their pets. Even now, McNamara says many animals spend their last moments frightened, surrounded by unfamiliar faces in a sterile clinic setting rather than the people they love.

What has made those moments bearable for both McNamara and her patients is her own dog, Nala. The 8-year-old Staffordshire bull terrier an

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