Learning Disabled Benefit by Caring for Homeless Animals
New Haven Register › January 17, 2008
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MILFORD -- As Anthony Daniel, 38, enters the barnyard section of the city's animal shelter to feed goats Gracie and Georgie, he tells a visitor, "Don't let them get your goat." Daniel, an adult with learning disabilities who is a client of Chapel Haven, is full of clever puns such as "Don't let the dogs out" as he easily makes his way around the shelter to help feed and walk the animals.
He is among a few clients of Chapel Haven, a school that teaches independent living skills, who volunteer at the shelter every Tuesday.See the full content of this document
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Learning Disabled Benefit by Caring for Homeless Animals
"It's great to walk a goat because people stop and ask about it, even policemen," Daniel said. "It's something I really believe in. You've got to see God invented animals to make them an example."
That's just the kind of philosophy tha...See the full content of this document
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