Tall tails: Rescued dogs resting in their kennels as Philippine Animal Welfare Society volunteers read aloud to them. — Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN
MANILA: Sharp barks and frenzied moves are the typical commotion at the Philippine Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) shelter’s quarantine section, where newly rescued cats and dogs are held for rehabilitation.
On Friday, however, a peculiar serenity pervaded the area where, seated on kiddie chairs in front of the kennels, volunteers read children’s books to dogs and cats as part of the shelter’s new Project CALM (Comforting Animals through Literacy Movement).
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