Therapy animal advocates say regulation of the sector 'a shambles'

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Charlie and Yahtzee Source: SBS

Guide dogs for the visually impaired were once the most common assistance animal but now dogs are being used to help people with a range of physical and mental impairments including Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, autism and epilepsy. But the laws and regulation around assistance animals haven’t kept up with the increasing and ever-changing use of the dogs.



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