Pet Power…Therapy Animals (Just the Right Medicine) Marni BellaviaManager, Animal Assisted Therapy Program Humane Society of Broward County The Animal Assisted Therapy program uses volunteers and their companion animals to provide social therapy to comfort children and adults with special needs or those experiencing life’s stresses. The benefit of using pets is that animals, in general, and companion animals more commonly, are regarded by many as “man’s best friend.” Animals provide people…