North Star Therapy Animals of Pet Partners

Therapy Animal Services in Minnesota

Animal Assisted Crisis Response

Animal Assisted Crisis Response (AACR) is a form of animal-assisted activities (AAA) that provides comfort to those who have been affected by natural, human-caused, or technological disasters.

AACR is effective because the safety, familiarity, novelty, and interest in the animal have been found to be impactful when building rapport with a person affected by crisis.

Our AACR teams (a team is a handler and their animal) are trained and credentialed to provide emotional comfort and support to people affected by the impacts of crisis events. These teams are invited to deploy in response to events in their communities.

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Learn more about the Pet Partners Animal Assisted Crisis Response Program

North Star Therapy Animals has been responding to Minnesota community crisis events since the 2007 collapse of the 35W bridge – an event that took the lives of 13 people and injured 145 others. Our teams were on-hand to comfort waiting families and first responders and we haven’t stopped since.

Some of our recent deployments include the Annunciation School shooting,  Minnesota Legislators shooting and Burnsville First Responders shooting.

North Star Crisis Response Teams – Quick FACTS

  • All teams are registered with Pet Partners, the gold standard in therapy animal training and evaluation
  • Each team is insured for $2million per incident
  • Available species include dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, llamas, alpacas and mini horses
  • More than 50 teams available for immediate deployment in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin.
  • We are an active member of MN VOAD

Emergency Site Visit Request

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