More than companions, pets are also healers.
For many years now, studies have proven the many therapeutic effects of owning a pet cat or dog and having one around you, especially during your later years in life. In fact, it’s not unusual for the elderly to pass away as soon as their longtime companions pass away as well.
From reducing depression, anxiety, as well as giving people something to look forward to on a daily basis, pets truly can be therapeutic.
That’s something that the Pendleton Correctional Facility in Indiana can also prove as well.
After a state law mandated bringing in shelter cats into the correctional facility back in 2015, both the prisoners of the facility and the cats that are adopted, which often have a history of abuse and maltreatment, are better off.
The adopted shelter cats become more social, as well as trusting, after being fed, cleaned, and groomed by the facility’s inmates. Meanwhile, the inmates also benefit by learning how to take responsibility for another living creature’s life, as well as being able to feel the unconditional love of a pet, which is something that some inmates have been deprived of all of their lives.
Make sure to scroll down below to see photos of the shelter cats, as well as their human inmates.
