The Gentle Barn, a farm animal rescue organization with farms near St. Louis, Nashville, and Los Angeles, offers visitors a therapeutic opportunity to hug a cow. Skeptics may scoff, but Gentle Barn ...

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Athena is a mini black Angus. Holy Cow and Madonna are both Holsteins. And Faith is a mini Hereford. Step up and meet psychology “doctors” Madonna, Athena, Holy Cow, Aretha and Faith, rescued animals ...

Are you in udder despair lately? Then in the famous words of Bart Simpson, you might want to have a cow, man. The Gentle Barn in Santa Clarita is offering cow hugging therapy that allows you to ...

SANTA CLARITA, California — I’ve cooked turkeys. I’ve eaten turkeys. But not until this year did I drop to my knees and hug a turkey. Justice — the turkey — lives at Gentle Barn, an animal sanctuary ...

Spending time with animals can be a great way to connect with nature and oneself, a way to find comfort and peace. Many organizations do great work with children, veterans, those living with ...

Ellie Laks, author of “Cow Hug Therapy” and founder of The Gentle Barn, joined us to discuss how animals can help reduce anxiety and stress. Laks has dedicated her life to helping rescue animals and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Think about your bucket list. If one of your top three dreams isn't having a snuggle with a baby cow, then you need to watch a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's a place near Murfreesboro where, for $20, you can hug a cow. Or pet a goat. Or rub a pig's belly. Or nuzzle a horse's neck ...