Anxious travellers can now 'pony-up' at Vancouver airport
If you've ever seen the look on kids' faces when they pet a pony at a country fair, you know the adorable equines are all about good vibrations.
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That's the idea behind Vancouver International Airport's expansion of its therapy dog program for anxious travellers. On Tuesday, YVR introduced ponies Magic and Tinkerbell at a media event.
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The two therapy ponies are being added on a trial basis to the Less Airport Stress Initiative (LASI), a therapy animal program that itself started as a trial a few years back. The ambassador dogs have given thousands of hours of stress relief to passengers heading through the busy airport in Richmond ever since.
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'YVR is the first airport in Canada — and one of the first in North America — to introduce ponies into the terminal and trial this unique approach to passenger care,' says an airport spokesperson.
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