FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – A therapy animal with plenty of experience provided some courtroom comfort.<\/p>\n
Pegasus, a certified therapy mini horse, visited the Felony Mental Health Court, Thursday morning in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n
7News cameras captured the friendly horse dressed for the occasion, with a judge\u2019s robe and white wig.<\/p>\n
Pegasus was brought in by the team at Meraki Behavior Health to help provide stress relief to defendants with severe mental illnesses.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe look for therapy that best meets the client\u2019s needs, and if somebody has trauma or PTSD or depression or anxiety, spending time with a horse like this would be everything,\u201d said Judge Ari Abraham Porth. <\/p>\n
People who met the horse said it was a special moment. <\/p>\n
\u201cBeing able to meet other therapy horses at other programs, but never in a courtroom, so it\u2019s definitely a very unique experience,\u201d said Dustin Hubacher. <\/p>\n
Pegasus has also worked at schools, hospitals, and visits senior living facilities.<\/p>\n
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