As National Llama Day arrives on December 9, 2025, it’s the perfect moment to recognize an unexpected yet rapidly growing force in the world of emotional healing: llamas. With their calm demeanor, ...

Dogs are sociable, enthusiastic and widely used to comfort people in settings like hospitals, schools and care homes. But an increasingly popular alternative is emerging: therapy cats. The term is ...

Annie Peters, president and CEO of Pet Partners—a Bellevue, Wash.-based national therapy animal organization focusing on improving human health and well-being through the human-animal bond—traces her ...

Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a clinical modality in which qualified healthcare providers, acting within their professional scope of practice, leverage the principles of the human-animal bond to ...

Chicken. Did the word make you think of slippery pale pink slab? A roast in your oven? Bar-b-que? Recently, on a trip to Vermont I happened to rent a room overnight in the home of a nurse who had a ...

Service and guide dogs are allowed in public places that exclude animals, such as restaurants, stores and hotels. They are covered under the ADA for access to public places that would not normally ...

An organized group of therapy animals took to the Nevada County Fairgrounds Wednesday to commemorate National Therapy Animal Day, which is celebrated every April 30. “In Nevada County we have ...

PAW PAW, Mich. — A local school district has implemented therapy dogs into all of their buildings, offering a helping paw to staff and students of all ages. Paw Paw Public Schools (PPPS) started the ...

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