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Hope Crisis Response has three and four day programs to prepare volunteers and their dogs. Teams
provide emotional support in difficult situations.
http://www.animalassistedcrisisresponse.org/
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California Fires -- Seeing Heart Dogs Offer Cheer
Emotional support dogs and their owners are helping in an evacuation center during the forest fires
in southern California. Describes the Hope Crisis Response team training program. [Disaster News
Network]
http://www.disasternews.net/news/news.php?articleid=2065
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Vachss - Dogs of the Zero
Good-natured german shepherd worked with abused children and accompanied them into court during
trials. Part of the Childrens Advocacy Center
http://www.vachss.com/dogs/vachss_dog.html
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Four-Footed Therapy
Pier 94 became the Familly Center following the World Trade Center attacks. The task of orienting,
scheduling, and monitoring the 100 four-footed therapists from several pet therapy groups fell to
the ASPCA counselors.
http://www.petfinder.org/journalindex.cgi?path=/public/petsandthecommunity/animalassistedtherap....
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Applejack is Crisis Certified
"Applejack" served as a loving distraction for emotionally traumatized people after
shooting disasters at Santana and Granite Hills high schools. A.J. and handler are certified for
Animal Assisted Emotional Support (AAES).
http://www.pawsteams.org/tdapplejack.htm
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Crisis Response Team
Create-a-Smile of Los Angeles is starting a training program for crisis intervention response
teams. Stringent requirements for participants. Pictures of some classes.
http://www.create-a-smile.org/Pages/K9-Crisis-Response.html
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Committed To Serving In The Face of Stress, Grief and Fear
A K-9 crisis response team in Los Angeles helps people through trying times. Crime victims and
family members are comforted by the therapy dog visits from Charm, a german shepherd, and Laura, a
police officer. [The Healing Paw]
http://www.thehealingpaw.org/octdec02/
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K-9 Disaster Relief
This non-profit organization works with national, state, and local crisis and disaster relief
agencies as well as the academic community. It sponsors and hosts conferences, seminars and
presentations on Canine Crisis Intervention. Articles on several aspects of this work.
http://www.k-9disasterrelief.org/
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Crisis Response Program
When tragedy and people are gathered together in their grief, the simple act of petting a dog can
give comfort that no words can offer. By Caring Canines, Boston.
http://www.caringcanines.org/crisisresponse.html
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CARD - Crisis Aid Response Dogs
A new therapy dog group to serve the needs of the community after a tragedy. Dogs can provide
comfort to those in distress and can mitigate the effects of crisis or disaster for the victims,
their families, and those who serve as emergency responders. In Tulsa, Oklahoma.
http://www.thedogdish.com/ddcomm/crisis_aid.htm
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Golden Retriever Provides Therapy and a Grief Outlet
Nikie and his handler enabled hundreds of construction laborers and rescue workers to talk about
the extraordinary stress of working at ground zero. [gmtoday]
http://www.gmtoday.com/news/pets/dogs/pets08.asp
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Therapy Dogs Lift Spirits at Ground Zero
Hope Crisis and Response Team worked with the Red Cross to help bring emotional support to
thousands affected by the World Trade Center attack. Emergency crew members call, "Here,
pooch!" Everyone grins. They enjoy soft fur after a day of steel and concrete.
http://www.nyredcross.org/news/2001/011002_therapydogs.asp
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Seeking Creature Comfort in Crisis
Specially trained teams of therapy animals and their handlers helped ease the pain for rescue
workers, fire fighters, police, and victims' families after the September 11 attacks. Some traveled
from Oregon to help at Ground Zero. [VetCentric]
http://www.vetcentric.com/magazine/magazineArticle.cfm?ARTICLEID=1617
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Canine Counselors
Many victims and rescue workers traumatized by the events of September 11 found solace in therapy
dogs. People relax. They start to smile. They start to laugh and talk. Then it is easier to talk
with the counselors. [ABC - World News Tonight]
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/worldnewstonight/pet_therapy011121.html
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Man's Best Friend Helps WTC Workers
Workers at Ground Zero receive therapy and a grief outlet in the shape of a golden retriever called
Nikie - the site's only certified therapy dog. Other dogs helped at the city's family assistance
centres. [BBC News]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/1804837.stm
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Disaster Relief Program of the Good Dog Foundation
This local pet therapy group worked disaster relief following September 11 and is preparing for
future needs.
http://www.thegooddogfoundation.org/Good%20Dog%20Foundation%20Staff%20has.htm
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Therapy Dog Eases Tennessee Tornado Anxieties
Story of a gentle golden retriever that helps victims of disasters to recover emotionally.
[American Red Cross]
http://www.redcross.org/news/ds/tornadoes/030519therapydog.html
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Disaster Relief Dogs
Therapy Dogs assisted families and relief workers following 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Other
examples from September 11. Includes a poem. Therapy Dogs International (TDI) is preparing training
and testing standards.
http://www.tdi-dog.org/disaster.htm
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Therapy Dogs Help Relieve Stress for Families, Staff, Volunteers
Animals provided comfort at a crisis center near the Pentagon following September 11. All were
family pets of the volunteers on the other end of the leash.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/Oct2001/n10112001_200110112.html
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Healing Ways of Doctor Dog
Some 100 therapy dogs - Labs, mutts, a borzoi, a basset hound - and three cats worked the family
center at Pier 94 following the Twin Towers attack. Other dogs helped the Red Cross to comfort
firefighters, police officers, and rescue workers at ground zero. [May not work for all browsers.]
[New York Times]
http://www.cannondaleanimalclinic.com/nytimes2.html
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