Animal therapy, also known as pet therapy, is all about using pets and animals to help people recover and cope with physical, mental and emotional conditions. Animal therapy can help people with many ...

Associate Professor Mythily Subramaniam, assistant chairman of the medical board at the Institute of Mental Health, said animal-assisted therapy refers to structured interventions designed by a ...

How animal therapy is helping students at Phoenix Children's and how you can keep it going. To donate, call 602-933-4567 or go to abc15.com/telethon.

Flanked by a gaggle of smartphone-wielding onlookers, Irish farmer Joe Phelan ushered two alpacas down the corridor of a nursing home as beaming residents waited their turn to pet them. A decade ...

BELLEVUE, Wash., March 31, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Pet Partners, the nation's leading organization registering therapy animals for animal-assisted interventions, announces its eleventh annual ...

SINGAPORE – Dealing with major depressive disorder and anger issues from past trauma, Charles turned to drinking and overeating as coping mechanisms – habits that took him years to break.

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. FROM chicken hugging therapy to sensory spaces, Humbles Wood Animal Activity Centre is so much more than a petting zoo. It’s a farm that hits ...

SINGAPORE – In recent years, animal-assisted interventions have gained recognition in Singapore as effective tools for therapy, offering emotional and psychological benefits. Whether through the ...