1.   Vets and police refer grieving owners to the voluntary bereavement group set up by Yvette Price-Mear, of Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire.

2.   Initially, they helped to form bereavement support groups.

3.   Some of the women take part in bereavement groups and other support organizations or receive psychological counseling.

4.   That step-up will mean more demand for everything from funerals and caskets to bereavement support groups and remembrance services.

5.   At a local bereavement support group, Lillian Kaminer has been joined this year by two other mothers whose sons died from OxyContin.