Therapy mini horses boost student morale

Image:  Move over, therapy dogs—there’s a new stress relief animal on the block: mini horses. Colleges invite mini horses trained to provide emotional support onto campus during stressful times in the term, like finals week or midterms, to provide a fun stress relief experience for its campus community. What’s the need: During finals week each semester, the University of Central Florida receives higher levels of mental health calls to its police department, a consequence of...