most every pet gives stars when they die, so best to assume so. and its often about half the stars they need to resurected (cept monkey. though he only needs 2 stars anyways)

aniways you can do this quest now all the way up to the candyman. same as sam you can do it all the way up to the baby and the wolf in france. (note sam and shizu are a set so need both amity to 70 when and both in team when questing around with sam to do his death quest. same with her death quest you need him as well when activating most of hers.

just need to wait till next version for the continuation. so while you wait i suggest going to look to see how far you can get.