Audio broadcast: “Mutual Rescue: How and Why Bonds with Homeless Pets Change Lives”
CLICK TO LISTEN: VoiceAmerica’s “Psych Up Live,” March 9, 2023, Dr. Suzanne Phillips in conversation with Mutual Rescue's Carol Novello (49:35). In this broadcast, Novello returns to “Psych Up Live” with an exciting and expansive focus on the power of people-pet rescue and connection. Discussing the stories captured in a new set of award-winning short films, Novello considers how Mutual Rescue addresses trauma, pain, othering, bias, and loneliness.
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TEDx Talk by Mutual Rescue’s Carol Novello: “How Rescue Animals Biohack Human Hearts and Dissolve Unconscious Bias”
CLICK TO WATCH: TEDx Talk by Carol Novello, March 7, 2022, Boston (9:22). By opening our hearts to a rescue animal, our minds can be changed in an instant. This act teaches us about connection and dissolves the “other” to which we are unconsciously biased.
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Photo by Christopher Briscoe
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Enduring bonds
For those who have loved and lost a companion animal, Mutual Rescue created two timeless messages from the spirits of a dog (“Still Yours”) and cat (“Silent Paws”). Through photography, poetry, and music, these memorial montages illustrate the enduring bonds between companion animals and their people.
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