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Farewell, my friend !

by Sarah Ernhart

2Heart-breaking pictures capture terminally ill pets in one final embrace with their loving owners before they die.

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It's the moment every pet owner dreads - when the time comes when they have to say a

final goodbye to a faithful friend.

These heart-breaking end-of-life snaps are meant to highlight the special relationship

between an owner and their dying pet in its last moments.

Sarah Ernhart, the owner of Sarah Beth Photography in Minneapolis, created them in

what she dubbed a 'Joy Session', in which she records owners' last embrace with their

pets that are too old to live or have been diagnosed with terminal illnesses.

--DailyMail

如果你有養狗，又如果你真心愛護牠，甚至早就把牠看待成家人一樣，最大的痛苦莫過於牠們總是比人類短命。有不少人養過一次狗之後，就再也提不起勇氣受第二次傷。當你家中的小狗，用牠一生的時間與熱情去陪伴你，而你明知道在不久將來，牠就要撒手塵圜，你會怎樣做？攝影師 Sarah Beth 本身替不少漂亮可愛的寵物拍照，那些都是主人們趁著小狗還可愛、有活力的時候，就替牠們留下美好照片；而攝影師再進一步，更會替那些年老色衰、快要離世的寵物拍照，留下最後的影像。這系列名叫「 Joy Sessions 」。這份「最後的禮物」，看似是主人想為小狗留下的紀念，但更像是小狗為主人所貢獻的最後力量，請你記住牠。

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462/03/2014 王文堯 Kaohsiung Taiwan R.O.C All photos were taken from internet. THE END