Pet Therapy is a trend in modern medicine that utilizes animal companionship a method of healing. This form of companionship is said to lift the "spirits" of the people who are given these animals. The life expectancy of aging senior citizens is actually lengthened when given the opportunity to care for these animals. The caring for the animals is just as therpeutic as the loved returned by them.
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