A Brief History of #PetsAtPark
Park Library has hosted therapy pet visits during exams since the Fall 2011 semester, and we always have a paw-fectly wonderful time! While we started with just therapy dogs, in 2014 we started hosting cats as well. All of the pets that visit are licensed therapy pets or service dogs-in-training.
Therapy pets help students, faculty, and staff ease their stress during exams. Laurel Rabschutz & Jo Ann Reynolds’ wonderful article Studying for Exams Just Got More Relaxing: Animal-Assisted Activities at the University of Connecticut Library provides an overview of the benefits of therapy pet visits as well as a useful guide for running a therapy pet event.
In the News
- Harry Lynch photographed our event in December 2012 for the News & Observer and the photos made it onto Norwalk, CT’s The Hour.
- Also in December 2012, the University Gazette wrote this article about the history of therapy pet events at UNC.
- WRAL took some great photographs of our therapy pets event in April 2014.
- UNC followed therapy dog Whiskey and her handler Silvia Kreda as they went about their day and shot this cute video.
- Archie the therapy cat was featured in this News & Observer article.
Pet Photo Gallery
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- Emmie the therapy dog in UNC colors, Fall 2013
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- George the therapy dog
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- Teddy the therapy dog
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- Two puppies from EENP. Photo by Stephanie Willen Brown.
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- Vivo the therapy cat, Summer 2016
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- Othello the therapy dog, Spring 2013
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- Seamus the therapy dog and his frisbee
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- Brady the therapy dog. Photo by Stephanie Willen Brown.
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- Lucy the therapy puppy, Fall 2014
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- Archie the therapy cat, Fall 2014.
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- Sadie the therapy dog
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- Mickey the therapy dog
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- Bear the therapy dog, Fall 2012.
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- Whiskey the therapy dog, Fall 2012
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- Rhonda Hester and therapy puppy Yanny
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- Chris Roush and students pet Gracie the therapy dog
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- Stephanie Brown and Topaz. Photo by Michelle Magsino.
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- Cadi the therapy cat. Photo by Michelle Magsino.
Gallery of Fliers
