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This is an exciting transitional time in IAHAIO’s development and we are looking to appoint new Board members to help drive our sustainable growth. We are seeking people with vision, […]

The recording of this webinar is now available. Thank you to our presenters Sandra Foltin, Bettina Freimut and Marianne Lüke. Wir freuen uns sehr, gemeinsam (Sandra Foltin, Bettina Freimut und [...]

Join us for our next free webinar on 22nd April: Technology meets Therapy: Exploring Virtual Reality and Robotics in Animal-Assisted Services As a complement to animal-assisted services, emerging [...]

Join us or our next free webinar on 25 March which will be conducted in Portuguese: “O Papel dos Animais de Companhia na Vida das Pessoas: Como Animais de Estimação, […]

In equine-assisted services there is growing trend to supplement or even replace riding horses with activities that engage children with equines on the ground. Learning about horse behavior, [...]

16th February 2026 (online) 4pm-5.30pm GMT We invite all IAHAIO member organizations to join us for the forthcoming AGM. We will give an update on our activities and plans for […]

We had an amazing response to the launch of the IAHAIO Minimum standards for research that took place on 21st January. A recording of the webinar is now available to […]

IAHAIO is very proud to launch its new position paper: Minimum standards for research in AAS/HAI and HAB. Aimed at researchers, practitioners, educators, funders, policy makers and students, [...]

IAHAIO has been working with Philip Tedeschi of the University of Denver’s Institute for Animal Sentience and Protection (DU IASP)  on a global declaration of animal sentience in animal-assisted [...]