http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eHnOG98P5w
This link is to a video of animal assisted therapy with alpacas. This animal is used to interact with autistic children. I found this short video to be very interesting as I have never heard of this type of animal being used in animal assisted therapy. This just shows how many different types of animals can be used in animal assisted therapy and benefit the children.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj4Kt-oBKO8
This is another link to a video with alpacas and senior citizen interaction. This video really shows how these animals are so gentle when interacting with humans. Just from simply being at the senior citizen home, brought much joy to the residents there.
How interesting! Alpacas were "all the rage" as pets and breeding animals to make money several years ago. I suppose some folks who bought them decided to try them out in other venues given the investment was probably not as lucrative as they thought.
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