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Visiting Bird Service: Avian “Pet Therapy” Cheers Seniors

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You may have heard of nursing homes or assisted living facilities bringing in dogs and cats to give their residents a little “pet therapy.” But Kasia has kept the bird-therapy program going with other rescued birds, including ducks and chickens that are often surrendered or abandoned once Easter’s over. But what about birds?

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Do you think some animals are less afraid of certain people?

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Wild chickens in Hawaii would come up to me at the beach but avoid everyone else on the entire beach. I have a pet chicken right now standing besides me inside the house that walked far all the way from her coop and stood at the door wanting to come inside and be next to me. So I must be doing something right.

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Rescue Ink Unleashed

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Check out this video from the premier episode: RESCUE INK UNLEASHED is a new weekly series that documents this unlikely group of animal activists on their crusade to save helpless, abandoned and abused animals. Members of Rescue Ink gather to discuss a game plan on how to catch a group of stray chickens running amok in Queens, New York.

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