Throughout history, animals have given people comfort, support, and assistance; some as pets, others are matched with people to assist in a specific way or to provide support.

In this exhibition we explore the different roles that animals play in our lives, from assistance animals to our pets at home. We have highlighted a number of charities relating to both assistance animals and animal therapy. There are so many charities doing amazing work and sadly, we could not feature all of them, but we invite our visitors to find out more about the life changing and life-saving work of animals.