National Therapy Animal Day takes place every year on April 30. Pet Partners shares how you can get involved.

In this bonus episode of Therapy Dog Talk, I sat down with Elisabeth Van Every, Senior Communications Specialist and Managing Editor of Pet Partners, for a conversation about National Therapy Animal Day and how you can join in the celebration. Pet Partners founded National Therapy Animal Day in 2015 to raise awareness about the important work of therapy animals and to build standards in the industry.

In this episode, we discuss …

• When National Therapy Animal Day began and why it exists.

• How evidence and standards for human-animal interactions matter and what Pet Partners is doing to stay up to date and participate in the research on an international level.

• What Elisabeth hopes to see in the future of animal-assisted interventions.

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I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I do. Give it a listen and then let me know in the community which part you found the most helpful!

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https://sherrierohde.com/national-therapy-animal-day-with-pet-partners/