Message from a pet whose owner did not make plans
Other Websites:
2nd Chance 4
Pets
Animal
Legal & Historical Center (Wills and Trusts Issues Related to
Companion Animals)
The
National Anti-Vivisection Society
GaPetTrust.com (website
of the Atlanta, Georgia law firm of Lane & Karlo, LLP)
My Pet
Child (computes cost of dog ownership)
PetGuardian
Pet
Protection Agreement (prepared by Rachel Hirschfeld and hosted
by LegalZoom)
Pet-Trust.net (website
of New York attorney Rachel Hirschfeld)
SimpleDollar.com (costs of ownership of cats and dogs; helpful
for determining amount to leave for animal's care)
ValeofCats.com
Articles & Books:
AARP, Four-Legged Heirs, AARP, July/Aug. 2004, at 16.
Adding
Fido to Your Will, CBSNews.com, Feb. 12, 2005.
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Pet Trusts &
Estate Law: How to Prevent Your Companion from Becoming a Statistic
in the Event of Your Death, Disability or a Catastrophic
Event (2004).
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Providing
for Your Pets.
Gerry W. Beyer, Estate Planning for Pets, Prob. & Prop.,
July/Aug. 2001, at 7 (winner of Probate & Property 2001 Excellence
in Writing Award -- Best Overall Article (probate and trust)).
Gerry W. Beyer, Estate
Planning for Pets, Probate Solutions.
Gerry W. Beyer, Pet
Animals -- What Happens When Their Humans Die?, 40 Santa Clara
L. Rev. 617 (2000).
Gerry W. Beyer, Pet
Trusts Basics -- Q&A With Professor Gerry W. Beyer, Companion,
Summer 2005, at 4.
Gerry W. Beyer, Trusts and Planning Issues for the Family Pet
or Other Valuable Animal, in State Bar of Texas, Advanced Estate
Planning & Probate Course 2005, ch. 3 (2005).
Robert Blizard, Murdaugh Madden, Roger Kindler, & Nancy
Peterson, Helping Your Clients Provide for Pets in Estate Plans,
NAPFA Advisor, Mar. 2005, at 18.
Robert E. Blizard, Roger A. Kindler, Murdaugh S. Madden, and
Nancy Peterson, Helping Clients Provide for Pets in Their Estate
Plans, Prob. & Prop., Nov./Dec. 2004, at 52.
Sandra Bolan, Estate
Planning Should Include a "Pet Provision," Dogs, Dogs, Dogs!
M. Keith Branyon, What Do You Do With Four-Legged
Beneficiaries?, Legal Assistants Division, State Bar of Texas, LAU
Seminar (2001).
Christine Cave, Monkeying
Around With Our Pets' Futures: Why Oklahoma Should Adopt a Pet-Trust
Statute, 55 Okla. L. Rev. 627 (2002).
David Congalton, When
Your Pet Outlives You (2002).
James L. Dam, Trusts
to Care for Pets After Death Catching On, Lawyer's Weekly USA,
July 22, 2002.
Suzette Daniels, An
Introduction to Pet in Wills and Pet Euthanasia (2004).
Anabelle de Gale, Law
Saves 'Orphaned' Pets from Leading a Dog's Life, Miami Harold,
January 15, 2003.
Janet L. Grove, Estate Planning for Twenty-First Century
Families, 91 Ill. B. J. 631, at 634 (2003).
Miriam Abrams Goodman, XYZ
Pet Trust (sample language based on Colorado law).
Joseph D. Growney, The Need for an Enforceable Pet Trust
Statute in Missouri, 72 UMKC L. Rev. 1053 (2004).
Helen W. Gunnarsson, Pet Trusts for Trusty Pets, 91 Ill. B.J.
113 (2003).
Helen W. Gunnarsson, Posthumous
Pet Protection Provisions, 92 Ill. B.J. 395 (2004).
Joel Hailey, Estate Planning and Probate Concerning Animals,
in State Bar of Texas Animal Law Section, 4th Annual Animal Law
Institute ch. 8 (2004).
Lin Hanson, Trusts
for Companion Animals, ISBA Gen. Prac. Solo & Sm. Firm
Newsletter, June 2004, at 4.
Michael Hayes, When
the Client Wants to Leave It to the Cat, J. Accountancy, July
2001.
Jessi Hempel, Pet Projects: Providing for Fido, Bus. Week,
May 17, 2004, at 12.
Neil E. Hendershot, What the General Practitioner Needs to
Know About Pennsylvania Animal Law (Part II) -- Personal and Estate
Planning for Pennsylvanians Owning Pets, Penn. B. Assoc. Q., July
2006, at 107.
Rachel Hirschfeld, Ensure Your Pet's Future: Estate Planning
for Owners and Their Animal Companions, 9 Marq. Elder's Advisor 182
(2007).
Rachel Hirschfeld, PETRIARCH(TM):
The Complete Guide to Financial and Legal Planning for a Pet's
Continued Care (2010).
Peggy R. Hoyt, All
My Children Wear Fur Coats – How to Leave a Legacy for Your Pet (2002).
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS), Providing
for Your Pet's Future Without You (2000).
Rebecca J. Huss, Separation,
Custody, and Estate Planning Issues Relating to Companion Animals,
74 U. Colo. L. Rev. 181 (2003).
J. Alan Jensen, Tax
and Estate Planning Involving Pets: Stupid Pet Tricks for the IRS
and Fido.
Gary L. Johnson & Gerry W. Beyer, Owner's
Can Make Estate Plans for Care of Pets (2002).
Mark Mathewson, Pet Project, 90 Ill. B.J. 632 (2002).
Richard Mendelson, Carving Out Your Niche, A.B.A. J., May
1997, at 48, 50.
Siobhan Morrissey, Wills Go to the Dogs, A.B.A. J., May 2003,
at 24.
Maryann Mott, And
to My Dog, I Leave a $10,000 Trust Fund, May 22, 2005, at BU6.
MSNBC, Trust
Fund Cat Laps it Up in London, May 6, 2003.
Lisa Rogak, PerPETual
Care: Who Will Look after Your Pets If You're Not Around?
Bliss Foster Scharfenberger, Estate Planning Options . . .
Remembering Your Best Friends, Houston PetTalk, Jan. 2005, at 17.
Gerhard Shipley, Pet
Trusts: Providing for Pets, Kansas Elder Law Network, Dec. 1999.
State Bar of Nevada, Providing
for Your Pets.
The Psychology of Dogs, University of Southern California.
Al Vacek, Estate Planning for Pets (2000).
John F. Waldron, Attorneys
See More Clients Including Provisions for Pets in Their Wills,
San Antonio Bus. J., Nov. 17, 2000, at 21.
Leonard Wiener, Providing
for Pets -- It's a Dog's Life After All, U.S. News & World
Reports, Dec. 10, 2001, at 42.
Richard Willing, More
States Allowing Trust Funds for Pets, USA Today, Aug. 16, 2002,
at 2A.
Organizations Providing Animal Care After Owner's Death:
Alaska Humane Society
Adopt-A-Cat Shelter (Anchorage, Alaska)
American
Society for the Welfare of Cats (Alloway, New Jersey)
Amy's
Farm (Chino, California)
Angel Care
Program at Home For Life Animal Sanctuary (Stillwater,
Minnesota)
Animal
Helpline, Inc. (Morongo Valley, California)
Animal Rescue and Farm Sanctuary (Trego,
Wisconsin)
Animal Welfare League of Chicago Ridge
Assisi Animal Foundation (Crystal
Lake, Illinois)
Best Friends (nation's
largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned cats, dogs, and other
animals) (Kanab, Utah)
Bosler Humane Society (Baldwinville,
Massachusetts)
California Equine
Retirement Foundation, Inc. (Winchester, California)
California Feline
Foundation (Fresno, California)
Cat Care Society (Lakewood,
Colorado)
Cedarhill Animal Sanctuary (Caledonia,
Mississippi)
Circle Tail (dogs)
(Pleasant Plain, Ohio)
Cohn
Family Shelter for Small Animals (Oklahoma State University)
Colorado Horse Rescue (Longmont,
Colorado)
Companion Care for Life
Program (Humane Society of Boulder Valley Colorado)
Dealey Life Care Cottage (McKinney, Texas)
Dream Catcher Farm
Horse Sanctuary (Rocky Mount, Virginia)
Double D Equine Rescue (Bethel, Pennsylvania)
East Maui Animal
Refuge (Haiku, Hawaii)
Feathered
Friends Forever (Appling, Georgia)
For the Love of
Cats -- The Zimmer Foundation (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
For the
Sake of Animals (Mena, Arkansas)
Foster Parrots, Ltd.
(Rockland, Massachusetts)
Free to Live Animal
Sanctuary (Edmond, Oklahoma)
Friend For Life at
the North County Humane Society (Atascadero, California)
Friends of Cats, Inc. (El
Cajon, California)
Gabriel
Foundation (birds) (Aspen, Colorado)
Georgia Equine Rescue
League, Ltd.
Golden Years
Retirement Home sponsored by Bide-A-Wee (cats & dogs)
(Westhampton, New York)
Guardians
for Life (Marin Humane Society, California)
Habitat for Horses,
Inc. (Hitchcock, Texas)
Help Us Give Sanctuary (horses)
(Fowlerville, Michigan)
Hermitage No-Kill Cat
Shelter (Tucson, Arizona)
Hope for
Animals Sanctuary (Slatersville, Rhode Island)
Hoofed Animal Humane Society (Woodstock,
Illinois)
Hoofed Animal Humane Society
of Arizona, Inc. (Chino Valley, Arizona)
HorseNet, Inc.
Horse Rescue (Eldersburg, Maryland)
H.O.R.S.E. Rescue and Sanctuary (Wyoming
County, New York)
Horse Shelter (Cerrillos,
New Mexico)
Humane
Society of Missouri Longmeadow Rescue Ranch (Union, Missouri)
Humane Society of the Willamette
Valley (Salem, Oregon)
IGHA/HorseAid (Rancho Palos
Verdes, California)
Kent
Animal Shelter (cats) (Calverton, New York)
Last Post (cats) (Falls Village, Connecticut)
LifeCare
Program at the California Cat Center (Van Nuys, California)
Living Free (Mountain
Center, California)
Midwest Avian Adoption
& Rescue Services, Inc. (Bloomington, Minnesota)
Mylestone Equine Rescue (Phillipsburg,
New Jersey)
National Cat
Protection Society (California)
Noah's Ark Animal Foundation (Fairfield,
Iowa)
North Shore Animal League (Surviving
Pet Care Program) (cats & dogs) (nationwide)
Ottawa
Humane Society's Pet Stewardship Program (Canada)
Oasis Sanctuary (birds)
(Phoenix, Arizona)
Peace
of Mind Program at Purdue School of Veterinary Medicine (Indiana)
Perpetual
Care Program for Cats at Pet Tender's Boarding Kennel (St.
Clair, Missouri)
Perpetual
Pet Care Program at Kansas State University College of Veterinary
Medicine
PerPETtual
Care Program at the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary
Medicine
Perpetual
Pet Care Program at Washington State University’s College of
Veterinary Medicine
Perpetual
Care Program for Cats at Pet Tender's Boarding Kennel (St.
Clair, Missouri)
Pet Estates, Inc. (cats
& dogs) (Rensselaer County, New York)
Pet Pride (cats) (Los
Angeles, California)
Pets in Need (Redwood
City, California)
Pet
Survivor Care Program from British Columbia Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Canada)
Progressive
Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) Lifetime Care Service (Lynnwood,
Washington)
Rescue Me, an Avian Sanctuary (Ark,
Virginia)
S.A.G.E. Rescue
Farm (horses) (Dozier, Alabama)
Second Chance
Horse Rescue, Inc. (Central Valley, New York)
Second
Chance Horse Rescue Ranch (Sedro-Woolley, Washington)
Sido
Program at SF SPCA (San Francisco, California)
Silver Streak
Kennel (dogs) (upstate New York)
South Carolina Awareness and Rescue for Equine
SPCA
of Texas (Dallas, Texas)
Stevenson Companion
Animal Life-Care Center (Texas A&M University)
Sunshine Home at This
Old Cat (Honeoye, New York)
Tony La Russa's Animal
Rescue Foundation (ARF) Guardian Program (Walnut Creek,
California)
Turtle Rock Rescue (Fitzwilliam, New Hampshire)
United States Equine Rescue
League (North Carolina & surrounding states)
Volunteers of
Inter-Valley Animals (Lompoc, California)
For a detailed discussion of the organizations providing
animal care after the owner's death, see the excellent compilation
on PetGuardian.com.
Free
Brochures, Kits, Stickers, etc.:
Humane Society of the United States, Providing for Your Pet's Future
Without You (2000) (kit includes article,
door/window sign for emergency workers, emergency contacts sticker
for inside of door, emergency pet care instruction forms for
neighbors/friends/family, wallet alert cards, detailed instruction
sheet for caregiver).
Pet owners may order one free kit per residence by calling The HSUS at
202-452-1100 or e-mailing petsinwills@hsus.org.
Businesses Providing Pet Identification:
Therion
International (DNA identification)