The pictures you will be seeing are of the final moments of various pets with their respective owners taken by a very talented photographer and filmmaker, Ross Taylor. He is based in Denver and is working as a professor at the University of Colorado Boulder. He has also been a fellow at the Center for Western Civilization, Thought and Policy based at the University of Colorado Boulder.

These pictures are a part of his new series of photographs title "Last Moments". In this series, Taylor's focus has been on a certain kind of trauma in a person's life who owns a pet. Every pet owner has to go through this trauma at one point or another in his life. The loss of a pet who has been a part of a family is nothing less than trauma in itself. it is exactly like losing any other beloved member of the family.

For this particular series of photographs, Taylor sought help from licensed veterinarians, who let him save the final, emotional moments of pets with their owners with the help of his camera. These

These pictures are sure to break your heart. So, Proceed with due warning.

1. Preserving footprint of their beloved dog

2. The last hug

3. Resting in her lap

4. The final goodbye

5. RIP kitty

6. Passing on

Explaining the concept behind these pictures, Taylor stated, “The focus of Last Moments, in part, is to help those going through this process to know they’re not alone, and that their grief should not be overlooked, nor minimized by others.”

7. Not ready to say goodbye

8. One last pat on the head

9. Still holding on

10. Not ready to part

11. One last hug

12. Till we meet again

13. RIP little one

14. Too Hard to say goodbye

“The focus of Last Moments, in part, is to help those going through this process to know they’re not alone, and that their grief should not be overlooked, nor minimized by others” Taylor added.