I'm sitting at La Guardia airport, surrounded by rows of passengers-to-be, their stolid baggage waiting by their sides like silent beasts of burden, their agile mobile phones hard at work. I'm on my way home from the Green Chimneys 2017 Conference on Human Animal Interactions and here's my challenge: What part of the conference do I write about? The amazing work being done at Green Chimneys, a pioneer in animal and nature-based therapy for children with special needs?? The informative and inspiring talk by Dr. Sandra McCune of the Waltham Foundation, about the human-animal bond and the growing field of Human-Animal Interactions (HAI). Or should I focus on one of HAI's rising stars, Dr. Maggie O'Haire from Purdue University's Center for the Human Animal Bond, her research on HAI impacts on Read More