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Highly Emotional People Could Benefit From Cats in Campus Stress-Relief Programs

While multiple species can be emotional support animals (ESAs) or therapy animals, dogs remain the most popular choice. That’s especially true in university-based animal-assisted intervention (AAI) programs. Of these programs, aimed at reducing students’ stress, more than 85 percent involve dogs. A new study suggests many people – especially those who’re highly emotional – would like to see more cats included.

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