From the San Francisco SPCA website: "What is Animal Assisted Therapy?
Animal Assisted Therapy teams facilitate communication, healing, and motivation by sharing the love of companion animals with those facing mental, physical, or educational challenges. AAT volunteers share their time, compassion and their special pets including Dogs, Cats, Rabbits and Pigs to visit locations throughout San Francisco and share the human-companion animal bond with over 100,000 people annually."
Nationally, there are two major non profit organizations that certify therapy animals: Pet Partners and Love on a Leash.
In regional and local areas, there are non profits that also serve in this capacity. Nimbus and Lacey were certified through San Francisco SPCA.
Here are some of our friends who are also certified therapy cats! We are honored to be their friends:
Judi's kitty Guido, in memoriam
Guido was our original inspiration to train Nimbus to be a therapy cat.
Like Nimbus and Lacey, he was certified through SF SPCA, and did therapy cat work for over a decade!
Terri's kitty Baxter
Sonya's kitty Sputnik
Mokey
