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Therapy dogs can decrease anxiety and stress in students, while getting them more excited about classroom activities. Howard County Library System/Flickr

Therapy dogs can help reduce student stress, anxiety and improve school attendance

Christine Grové, Monash University and Linda Henderson, Monash University

Research shows therapy dogs can be beneficial for students in many ways including reducing stress and anxiety, and helping students feel more excited about participating in classroom activities.
A Polish cow who escaped while on her way to the slaughterhouse is seen here with her new companions, a herd of wild bison. It’s time to treat the animals who work so hard for us with humanity and compassion. (Rafal Kowalczyk via AP)

Beyond beasts of burden: How to reward our animals for their work

Kendra Coulter, Brock University

Animals do so much work for humans, from farm animals who die to feed us to service animals helping veterans with PTSD. It’s time we gave back by providing humane living and working conditions.

Related Topics

  1. Animal welfare
  2. Dogs
  3. Humane slaughter
  4. Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  5. Rats
  6. school stress
  7. student welfare
  8. Therapy
  9. therapy dogs

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