Therapy donkeys are helping mentally ill patients recover at a hospital on the outskirts of Paris
At a psychiatric hospital on the outskirts of Paris, therapy donkeys play an unusual but structured role in helping patients manage their mental health conditions as part of France’s public healthcare system.Within the Ville-Evrard hospital complex in Neuilly-sur-Marne, 19th-century farm buildings and wooded surroundings provide a calm setting for animal-assisted therapy. Patients walked five donkeys … Read more
