Support Animals

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is home to one of only four family pet centers in the world where families can bring their pet into the hospital to visit a patient.

Do a quick Google Image search of “emotional support animals,” and you’ll see various photos of animals on planes or in airports dressed in vests denoting…

DeAnna Quietwater Noriega and Gretchen Maune, who’s a friend of mine, both live in Columbia and are blind. They spoke about some of the additional...

Some St. Louis rabbits are working like dogs – as service and therapy animals. On Sunday, one will also don another hat – more of a crown, really – for…

Miniature horses that have been trained to help disabled people will be allowed in Illinois schools and other public places under a new state law.Gov. Pat…

Miniature horses trained as service animals may soon accompany Illinoisans with disabilities to school or the grocery store.A new measure approved by the…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 27, 2009 - Tucker the golden retriever probably couldn't hear much of Sarah Gunter's…