Abstract
A review of the literature on the relationship between animal and human indicates that whales and dolphins may have a mutually beneficial role to play in human therapeutic situations. Florida researchers have discovered that interaction with dolphins has favourably altered the behaviour of neurologically impaired people, and of autistic children who are usually withdrawn and uncommunicative.
Paper presented at the IWC Non-Consumptive Utilization of Cetacean Resources Conference, Boston, June 1983.
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Hindley, M.P. (1985). Human/Animal Communication: Cetacean Roles in Human Therapeutic Situations. In: Fox, M.W., Mickley, L.D. (eds) Advances in Animal Welfare Science 1984. Advances in Animal Welfare Science, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4998-0_5
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