Eddie LeeHong Kong – Chinese language outreach

Eddie is a Psychological Counselor, a Certified Professional Dog Trainer and Behavior Consultant (CPDT-KA, CPDT-KSA, CBCC-KA), a Certified Feline Training and Behavior Specialist (CFTBS), the first Pet Partner International Team Evaluator for Hong Kong, a Biologist and a Public Health practitioner with canine-related services backgrounds (Therapy dogs and Guide dogs). He learned AAI from Oakland University and several other institutions in the UK, US, and Australia.

Eddie organizes activities aimed at creating a society with equality and mutual love among humans and animals. He founded the Charitable Hong Kong Institute of Animal-Assisted Interventions (HKIAAI) and has been providing social services facilitated by accredited therapy animals. His therapeutic projects include substance use alleviation, special education needs, and autism spectrum disorders, other projects like Animal Welfare Education and Life Education are also very popular.

Eddie is the pioneer in introducing AAI academic programs into Hong Kong’s tertiary education system with the goal of raising the standard of AAI practitioners and animal welfare in Hong Kong. He is the Program Partner and an Honorary Lecturer of the Higher Diploma in Pet Care and Animal Assisted Intervention program at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University – LiPACE, the first academic award-bearing AAI program in Hong Kong. He also launched some other AAI and animals-related courses at the University of Hong Kong and the Lingnan University.