On The Daily Show, host Jon Stewart tearfully described how his dog passed away just the day before.
Stewart’s family had Dipper, a three-legged pitbull rescue, for more than 12 years. He went to work with Stewart, and the loss was hard to accept.
“He was ready. He was tired, but I wasn’t,” Stewart said in a video.
Many people with pets can relate. In recent years, scientists have also been trying to better understand the grief people experience when they lose a pet. Researchers are learning that pet grief is complex and often profound.
