Little Piggies Who Go The Extra Mile To Help Alzheimers Patients
AnimalCare 
Jun 8, 2015 
AnimalCare, NGOs 
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This article is shared with our readers to highlight how animals can help humans in meaningful ways. This is our only intention. There is absolutely no malicious or disrespectful intent.
Watch the video: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-pot-bellied-pigs-are-helping-alzheimers-patients.html
An excerpt:
Meet Boris and Pumba, two pot-bellied pigs who are working with Alzheimer’s and other memory-impaired seniors, and the result is beautiful.
The pigs spend their days visiting Alzheimer’s patients at hospitals and nursing homes in the Denver area, including each weekend when owner Erin Brinkley-Burgardt brings Boris and Pumba to Highline Place in Littleton, Colo.
Highline residents have the opportunity to visit and interact with the pigs, and feed the pigs carrots.
Therapy animals can help Alzheimer’s patients in a number of ways, from providing a stress-free connection to another living being to igniting long lost memories from a patient’s past.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-pot-bellied-pigs-are-helping-alzheimers-patients.html#ixzz3cT6n0ixf
And a bit more:
As for Boris and Pumba, Mercy for Animals sums this tale of two piggies up nicely:
This touching story reveals that pigs are just as friendly and intelligent as the dogs so many of us know and love, but on today’s farms, they’re treated as unfeeling commodities, and their short lives are filled with misery and deprivation.
The organization dedicated to preventing cruelty to farmed animals and promoting compassionate food choices says the best way to show your love for pigs is to leave them off your plate.
Read more: http://www.care2.com/causes/how-pot-bellied-pigs-are-helping-alzheimers-patients.html#ixzz3cT77w1rn
Watch the video!! It is very touching and heartwarming.
Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2015/06/08/little-piggies-who-go-th..
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