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From the Consumers Health Forum of Australia
Author(s) -
Carol Bennett
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja12.11836
Subject(s) - geography , business
K9 crisis comfort dogs Beau (front) and Dolly sit with grieving residents of Newtown, Connecticut, during a recent community meeting. The pair is part of a nine-dog team of golden retrievers sent with their volunteer handlers to Newtown after the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School late last year. The dogs are also employed after natural disasters, and to bring comfort to nursing home patients and residents.