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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]





• 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.





• 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.





• Therapy Dog Eases Tennessee Tornado Anxieties
  Story of a gentle golden retriever that helps victims of disasters to recover emotionally. [American Red Cross]





• 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]





• 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.





• Four-Footed Therapy
  Pier 94 became the Family 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.





• 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





• 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]





• Animal Assisted Crisis Response
  Dog and handler teams assist in the safe effective emotional rescue, recovery, and on-going support for victims and responders affected by crisis and disaster





• Tribute to Nikie
  Nikie and his handler enabled hundreds of construction laborers and rescue workers to talk about the extraordinary stress of working at ground zero.





• Good Dog Foundation
  This local pet therapy group worked disaster relief following September 11 and is preparing for future needs.





• 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]





• Red Cross Sends Crisis Dogs to Virginia Tech
  Trained therapy dogs bring emotional support following the killings at Virginia Technical University. (WCAV News)





• Woman and Dog Assist in Virginia Tech Grief Counseling
  "Tuffy" and her owner are part of a Certified Trauma Response K-9 Team in Massachusetts. They provide support to friends of those killed at Virginia Tech. (WMUR)









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