1. Australian Directory of Human Animal Interaction Programs
Research confirms what most of us instinctively know to be true: the presence of animals in people's lives has a significant positive influence on the social, emotional and physical well-being of people.

Research confirms what most of us instinctively know to be true: the presence of animals in people's lives has a significant positive influence on the social, emotional and physical well-being of people.

Our companion
animals can ease loneliness and calm the emotions; they can make us laugh an make us feel needed; and they can soothe us in times of illness or hardship.
Many of our companion animals have been trained to provide mobility & independence for those in need. There is a very strong bond between humans and animals.
This
relationship between humans and animals is referred to as Human-Animal Interaction (HAI).
ARC focus particularly on companion animals. Australia has one of the highest rates of companion animal ownership in the world. 2/3 of the population live with one or more animals. For many of us our relationships with animals are extremely important.
International Organisations
2. Anthrozoology is the Study of Relationships between Humans & Animals
Anthrozoology is unique in that it studies the role of animals in the lives of humans, and vice versa. It has been called many other things, including "human animal interaction", and the "human animal bond".
Anthrozoology comes from the Greek anthropos meaning human and zoon meaning animal.
Research has applications in a growing number of areas including:
- Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT) or Pets as Therapy
- Animal assisted education
- Humane education
- The Biophilia Hypothesis - which suggests that there is an instinctive bond between human beings and other living systems
- Understanding the universal human practice of pet keeping
"No-one who looks at the evidence can doubt that animals
in hand improve the quality of modern human life..." The Biophilia Hypothesis, S.R.Kellert & E.O.Wilson
The Anthrozoology
Research Group (ARG) is affiliated with the Animal Welfare Science Centre and the Department of Psychology at Monash University.
ARC focus particularly on companion animals. Australia has one of the highest rates of companion animal ownership in the world. 2/3 of the population live with one or more animals. For many of us our relationships with animals are extremely important.
- When interspecies relationships work well, they provide terrific health and well-being benefits for both humans and animals.
- When they fail, however, animals can suffer terribly and so can humans.
ARC uses a
multidisciplinary approach to try to understand what makes our relationships
with companion animals succeed or fail. Why do this?
- ARC is committed to improving human health. People who have good relationships with
animals are healthier and happier and animals can also be used to improve
the lives of disadvantaged people.
- ARC is committed to improving animal welfare. Companion animals who have good
relationships with their caregivers generally have much better welfare
than those who don't.
- Arc is concerned about the health of our planet. They believe that by promoting good relationships between people and the natural world, represented in this case by companion animals, ARC can foster a stronger sense of respect and responsibility for the wider environment.
4. Research Centres &
Professional Associations
Australasia
University of Western Australia,
School of Social and Cultural Studies
Anthropology and Sociology
Animals & Society Study Group
School of Social and Cultural Studies
Anthropology and Sociology
Animals & Society Study Group
The University of Queensland, Australia
The Centre for Companion Animal Health
The Centre for Companion Animal Health
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
(Aotearoa)
Human-Animal Studies in the College of Arts
annie.potts@canterbury.ac.nz
Human-Animal Studies in the College of Arts
annie.potts@canterbury.ac.nz
U.S.A
University of
Minnesota,
Center to Study Human-Animal Relationships and
Environments
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
- Cornell Companions
Tufts
University,
School of Veterinary
Medicine
University of
Davis,
School of Veterinary
Medicine
Purdue
University
School of Veterinary
Medicine
University of
Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary
Medicine
Tuskuegee
University
School of Veterinary
Medicine
Virginia
Commonwealth University
School of
Medicine
Colorado State
University
Washington State
University
College of
Veterinary Medicine
Washington State
University
Washington State
University
College of
Veterinary Medicine On-Line Eductation
University of Tennessee
College of Veterinary Medicine,
Department of
Comparative Medicine
Michigan State
University
College of
Nursing
University of
Missouri
College of
Veterinary Medicine
United Kingdom
Queen's University Belfast - School of Psychology
University of Wales Lampeter - MA in Anthrozoology
Europe
Courses
U.S.A
Western Illinois
University
Sociology and
Anthropology Faculty
University of
Southampton
School of Psychology
Anthrozoology Course
University of Denver
Graduate School of
Social Work
Arizona State
University
School of Social
Work
Animal-Human
Connections course
Harcum College, Bryn
Mawr, PA
Camden County
College, Blackwood, NJ
Certificate Program
Masters Program
International Program
United Kingdom
Liverpool Hope
University College
Psychology at Hope
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