Carol Novello
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Carol Novello is the founder of Mutual Rescue™ and author of “Mutual Rescue: How Adopting a Homeless Animal Can Save You, Too” (Grand Central Publishing, April 2019). Mutual Rescue is a national initiative that highlights the connection between people and pets in order to inspire and support life-saving efforts in communities across the nation and world. Mutual Rescue’s first short film, “Eric & Peety,” went viral around the globe and has been viewed more than 100 million times. For more information, visit www.MutualRescue.org.
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Impact Your Health with a Rescue Pet
Americans are constantly looking for new solutions to improve health and well-being and solve troublesome health problems — and given the reality of American physical health statistics, this is not surprising. According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 70 percent of adults in the United States are overweight or obese, and just 51 percent meet the recommended 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity per week.
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Rescue Animals and Autism
Of all the areas of the human-animal bond currently being explored, one of the most well-researched is the impact animals can have on children with autism. Pets have the uncanny ability to reach children with developmental issues and lure them out of their shells.
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Navigating Grief with Help from a Rescue Pet
The shape bereavement takes is unique to each person experiencing it. It depends greatly on who (or what) you lost and how you lost them. It cuts deeper and can be more difficult to process when a death is sudden, when someone takes their own life, or when you lose a child or the person (or animal) you love most in the world. Some losses leave wounds so deep it’s hard to imagine they will ever heal.
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