Oh, interesting! I hadn't heard of alpacas as therapy animals, that's very cool. My understanding is that in most of these situations there is some training that the owners and the animals have to go through, and that it all takes place through an organization who oversees scheduling and, I imagine, insurance and the like. Are there situations local to you that use alpacas this way? I'm very curious about this! I can imagine them more easily in a school situation than a hospital, for instance, but I suppose under the right circumstances it would work because I know alpacas can be very sweet animals.
I'm just grateful some hospitals are open minded enough to have begun to allow this, as I know how healing animal companionship can be on so many levels.
