Here Are The Cuddly Therapy Dogs Mumbai Airport Hired To Help Travel Jittery Passengers Calm Down
Mumbai airport appoints two therapy dogs to sniff out your fear. US airports have long been placing therapy dogs at airports ever since a fear of flying became common after 9/11. A Mumbai to Chicago flier took time out for Goldie and Pepe the dogs after feeling low as he missed his flight.
There's nothing like an airport to trigger phobias. Fear of flying, fear of people, fear of wide spaces, and then fear of cramped spaces (i.e. inside the flight).
Two therapy dogs, to sniff out your fear
Mumbai Airport's international terminal just did a tiny thing to make a huge difference - they've appointed two trained therapy dogs, the Hindustan Times reported.
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US airports have long been placing therapy dogs at airports ever since a fear of flying became common after 9/11. These two Labradors are still sniffer dogs, but they've been trained by Pune's Animal Angels Therapy Centre to sniff out your fear. ¡°The feedback to our pilot project which started 10 days ago was overwhelming. People did not expect such an initiative,¡± a Mumbai International Airport Limited (MIAL) spokesperson told the Hindustan Times.
And then?
Well, you play or cuddle with them a bit, and calm down!
A Mumbai to Chicago flier took time out for Goldie and Pepe, the dogs after feeling low as he missed his flight and was stranded at the airport for a day.
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¡°What an amazing and needed facet of airports. After a long painful day at the Mumbai airport Goldie and Pepe brought ¡®humanity¡¯ into an otherwise dehumanising experience,¡± he wrote in the airport feedback form.
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