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When others judge your end-of-life decisions for pets

My cat is eighteen and clearly miserable but my roommate says I cannot make that decision for another living being and now I feel paralyzed.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The authority to make life-and-death decisions for dependent beings becomes contested when others project their values onto our choices.

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“Where Are You with Pet Care & Animal Ownership?”

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