“Did you get a bath today?” one resident, Jean Wyatt, asked Tic, a white male llama owned by Zoe Rutledge. Llama owners will tell you that their pets have a sixth sense about people who are needy, ill or frail. Carol Rutledge says that her therapy llama, whose name is Knock, will walk voluntarily to the bedside of a hospice patient and stand in silence while the patient reaches for him. The charismatic llama is a welcome addition at some nursing homes and rehabilitation centres. Llama therapy is certainly not for everyone.

Source: bd News24 November 19, 2019 09:11 UTC