By IE Staff
First Published: 7:27 AM PST, January 1, 2024
In the US there are solely about 200 registered remedy cat groups by means of non-profit organization Pet Partners.
Juanita Mengel is lacking a leg and so is her cat Lola-Pearl, however collectively, they unfold happiness and care as a remedy cat staff in Ohio.
“It’s a really rewarding experience. You know, I get just as much out of it as the people that I visit,” Mengel instructed CBS News.
Both Mengel and Lola-Pearl use prosthetics to make getting round simpler. Together they share their tales of surviving and thriving with individuals in faculties, nursing properties, and hospitals.
Taylor Chastain Griffin of Pet Partners additionally spoke in regards to the challenge.
“The goal of a therapy animal intervention is to share the love, the warmth of an animal, to assist in whatever treatment objectives already exist for the client or the person receiving the services,” she stated. “It’s a really rewarding experience. You know, I get just as much out of it as the people that I visit.”