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Is there any information about animals being used as companions to the disabled (seeing-eye dogs) or for therapeutic uses (for people with mental illness)?

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Is there any information about animals being used as companions to the disabled (seeing-eye dogs) or for therapeutic uses (for people with mental illness)?

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A. There are articles on Info Trac, under the headings Animals-usage, Human-animal Relationships–therapeutic use, and Guide dogs. There are also books on guide dogs for example, Champaign Library has Love in the Lead: the Fifty-Year Miracle of the Seeing Eye Dog.