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Prescription: Pets is a separate California nonprofit 501(c)(3) Public Benefit Corporation based in Redding, CA.  The specific purpose of our organization is to enhance the quality of life and emotional health of patients, clients and staff by visiting public and private healthcare facilities, as well as other public assistance agencies with animal-handler teams registered as Delta Society® Pet Partners®.  In addition, our mission includes public education regarding the impact of the human-animal bond.  Prescription: Pets strictly adheres to the visiting guidelines of the Delta Society®.  Currently, our Prescription: Pets program operates with a base of approximately 55 animal-handler teams.

As registered Pet Partners® of the Delta Society®, our animal-handler teams visit as volunteers, accepting no compensation for their service.  Our teams engage in animal-assisted activity (AAA) as well as animal-assisted therapy (AAT).  Our group trains, organizes and oversees the animal-handler teams as they engage in activities with patients/clients at various healthcare facilities.  Though most of our animals are dogs, we do have cats, rabbits and a miniature horse.  At this time we regularly visit fourteen facilities in Tehama, Shasta and Humboldt counties.  Each facility is scheduled for one to four visits each month by one to six animal-handler teams.  Our future plans are to increase the number of animal-handler teams and facilities that we serve in Northern California.