1st Philippine Human-Animal Bond Conference 2022

The 1st Philippine Human-Animal Bond Conference was held last July 1-2, 2022. It was an online professional forum on evidence and best practices in animal-assisted interventions and their applications in mental health, animal welfare, and overall environmental health in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Day 1 was about Clinical applications of Animal Assisted Interventions in the morning and AAA practices in academic settings (adapting to the new normal during the COVID pandemic) in the afternoon. There was also a Mindfurness session before the research presenters.

Day 2 explored more of our lives with animals and will have its first session on pet ownership and its second session on Human-Animal-Environment Interactions, tackling topics in wildlife and conservation!