Sentences with phrase «dogs comforting victims»

News about animals from this past week: Bomb Sniffing Dogs, Pets as blood donors, and dogs comforting victims of the Boston marathon bombings.

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As the victims recover from the ordeal, a troop of about a dozen comfort and therapy dogs have been flown in from all over America to give support to them and all those affected by the shooting.

Reading therapy dogs have become increasingly popular in schools and libraries to act as «literacy mentors» for children, and more recently courthouse dogs provide comfort to crime victims when they testify.

The result being the ability for the District Attorney's office to fulfill all requests for dogs as comfort items for the victim / witness child during testimony.

From household pets to horses that herd livestock to therapy dogs that provide comfort to victims of disaster and illness, the lives of both humans and animals are made better by our mutual bond.

It uses our Pets Are Wonderful Support (PAWS) Therapy Dogs to help comfort child victims of sexual assault and abuse while they meet with OCDA staff to prepare for their cases and trial....

This has resulted in the development of therapy dog programs that specialize in comforting victims and first responders following disasters.

Volunteers with their pets, usually dogs, give comfort to victims and rescue workers following a disaster.

Page Ulrey — a senior deputy prosecuting attorney in Seattle's King County — discusses the genesis of courthouse dogs, which are used to make children and others more comfortable when testifying or being interviewed about sexual assaults or other emotionally upsetting crimes: Based on experience with her son's service dog, a colleague thought service dogs could provide comfort to children and others who are victims or witnesses of crimes, and this dovetailed with a period when Ulrey was ready to add a dog to her life.

Now 29, he's in charge of a program that matches street dogs with war's victims, providing comfort to those victims, homes for those street mutts, and adding to a growing recognition in Uganda of what dogs are capable of.

Some dogs heading to help comfort the community have previously been deployed to be with victims of mass shootings in Las Vegas and Orlando.

This is Jacob, he's a «comfort dog» whose been to Las Vegas, Orlando and now Parkland to comfort victims of mass shootings.