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3 What Is Animal Assisted Intervention

What Is Animal-Assisted Intervention? An India Primer

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Animal-assisted intervention covers therapy, education and assistance work involving animals. HeartDogs explains the concept for an Indian audience.

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2 What Is a Therapy Dog (And the Gap in India)

What Is a Therapy Dog? (And Why India Barely Has Any)

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Therapy dogs are common in the West, but little understood in India. HeartDogs explains why therapy dog in India a rare concept is still.

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