As A Pet Owner (3 Beautiful Cats!) This Story Made My Day::Hope It Makes Yours!
HoustonChronicle.com - Pets of deceased find new home at A&M: "After owners die, center offers care, comforts
By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press
COLLEGE STATION - The term 'Animal House' on a college campus brings to mind the famous John Belushi movie about a rowdy frat house. But at Texas A&M University, it really means a house for animals.
The Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center provides a comfortable, spacious home for pets whose owners have died. Owners arrange in advance, and the pets are guaranteed care at the 8,300-square-foot center, operated by one of the country's top veterinary medicine schools.
'It's very hard to say to a friend or somebody: 'Will you take my dog?' ' said Elise Lee Wear, a retired University of Wisconsin nursing professor who enrolled her two dogs in the program. 'My dogs are extraordinarily important to me, and I want to be sure they are really well taken care of, both medically and psychologically.'
Ninety-four pet owners from 18 states have paid more than $4 million to leave 250 animals under the care of retired veterinarian Henry Presnal and his staff.
Each person pays an endowment that begins at $10,000 and varies based on the age of the pet owner and the size of the animal. It can be paid upfront or as a bequest through a will or trust."
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By MICHAEL GRACZYK
Associated Press
COLLEGE STATION - The term 'Animal House' on a college campus brings to mind the famous John Belushi movie about a rowdy frat house. But at Texas A&M University, it really means a house for animals.
The Stevenson Companion Animal Life-Care Center provides a comfortable, spacious home for pets whose owners have died. Owners arrange in advance, and the pets are guaranteed care at the 8,300-square-foot center, operated by one of the country's top veterinary medicine schools.
'It's very hard to say to a friend or somebody: 'Will you take my dog?' ' said Elise Lee Wear, a retired University of Wisconsin nursing professor who enrolled her two dogs in the program. 'My dogs are extraordinarily important to me, and I want to be sure they are really well taken care of, both medically and psychologically.'
Ninety-four pet owners from 18 states have paid more than $4 million to leave 250 animals under the care of retired veterinarian Henry Presnal and his staff.
Each person pays an endowment that begins at $10,000 and varies based on the age of the pet owner and the size of the animal. It can be paid upfront or as a bequest through a will or trust."
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