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Encounter with the Others
Contributor(s): Alessandra Bacci
AbstractThe project Poke Ma Regole aims at raising and practicing civil coexistence and conviviality in the city we live in, starting from the relationship between the other animals and us. The project takes place in primary and secondary schools of Florence, Italy. This article addresses the...
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Ethics Code - Israeli Association of Animal-Assisted Psychotherapy
Contributor(s): Nancy Parish-Plass
This code covers the ethical behavior expected of an animal-assisted therapist concerning the client, the animal, and what happens between them. Areas of this code discusses issues such as training, professional responsibility, needs of the animals within the therapy setting, multicultural...
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Confidentiality Rules for Posting
Contributor(s): Rise VanFleet
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Animal-less homes
Contributor(s): Erasmo de Oliveira
This is where my work completely diverges from what is called Stone Age activism or animal cause. Read and understand:
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Are Pet Owners Really at Greater Risk of Cancer?
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Harold Herzog
The surprising results of a new “big data” study of cancer rates in pet owners.
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Goodbye, old friend: Prevention of the unnecessary surrendering of companion animals among the elderly
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Karen Davis
AbstractBackground: Every day families are surrendering pets to animal shelters as their elderly owners transition to new living arrangements or begin to have difficulty keeping up with the animal’s care. Yet, for many seniors, their pets are their closest family members, the givers of...
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Let's rethink our society, which recycle CANS and discards living beings
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Erasmo de Oliveira
“Let’s rethink our society, which recycleCANS and discards living beings”ErasmodeOliveira(Animal Defender)Adoption of stray animals is a big social medicament, a factor to increase quality of life, which solves the abandonment of animals, avoids accidents of...
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Concatenamento
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Alessandra Bacci
Abstract"A cat is a cat, and that's all" (English popular saying). Literature, poetry always open eyes where, usually, we would look not, for example the world of the other animals, sometimes close together “as if ...”; but we know - at least - that what...
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Animal Assisted Therapy
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Eileen Bona
This article provides information on animal assisted therapy and presents some research pertaining to its impact on people with multiple mental health issues and disabilities.
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Ashley and Thorpuppy
Soft Literature | Contributor(s): Eileen Bona
This is a true story of a girl with Asperger's and the impact of animal assisted therapy, specifically, canine assisted therapy.
