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msn.com | Clodagh Kilcoyne
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sundayworld.com | Clodagh Kilcoyne
WOOLLY WONDERS | Oakfield Nursing Home resident Josie Comerford (92) with an alpaca called Stan during a therapeutic visit from two of the animals. Photo: Clodagh KilcoyneToday at 15:30Irish farmer Joe Phelan ushered two alpacas down the corridor of a local nursing home as residents waited their turn to pet them.
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sightmagazine.com.au | Clodagh Kilcoyne |David Adams
CLODAGH KILCOYNE, of Reuters, reports on how ‘alpaca therapy’ is helping the elderly and people with special needs…Newtownmountkennedy, Ireland Reuters Flanked by a gaggle of smartphone-wielding onlookers, Irish farmer Joe Phelan ushered two alpacas down the corridor of a local nursing home as beaming residents waited their turn to pet them.
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4 weeks ago |
azdailysun.com | Clodagh Kilcoyne
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independent.ie | Clodagh Kilcoyne
A decade after ditching his office job for farming, 64-year-old “Alpaca Joe” has found a new job for his herd of 71 woolly South American camelids: animal therapy for the elderly and people with additional needs. “They get to feel them. They look into their big, huge, brown eyes, which, you know, are just so relaxing. And they might hear them humming,” Mr Phelan said.
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RT @Reuters: Flanked by a gaggle of smartphone-wielding onlookers, Irish farmer Joe Phelan ushered two alpacas down the corridor of a local…
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