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Every day Juanita Mengel, a 67-year-old woman from the state of Ohio, wakes up and puts on her manufactured leg. The device is called a prosthetic. 

来自俄亥俄州的 67 岁妇女胡安妮塔·门格尔每天醒来都会穿上她的人造腿。 该装置称为假肢。 

Then, Mengel does the same for Lola-Pearl, her colorful five-year-old cat. Lola-Pearl is missing her back left leg. 

然后，门格尔对她五岁的色彩斑斓的猫洛拉珀尔做了同样的事情。 洛拉·珀尔失去了她的左后腿。 

Mengel has many cats. Most of them have disabilities. But Lola-Pearl is special. She is a therapy cat. And, she and Mengel are partners of a kind. They are among 200 therapy cat teams registered in the United States by the nonprofit group, Pet Partners. 

门格尔有很多只猫。 他们大多数都有残疾。 但 Lola-Pearl 很特别。 她是一只治疗猫。 而且，她和门格尔是某种意义上的合作伙伴。 他们是非营利组织 Pet Partners 在美国注册的 200 个治疗猫团队之一。 

The group helps humans and pets alike by setting them up into teams to provide animal-assisted intervention. The teams visit hospitals, nursing homes and schools and assist those in need. 

该组织通过将人类和宠物分成小组来提供动物辅助干预，从而帮助人类和宠物。 这些团队走访医院、疗养院和学校，为有需要的人提供帮助。

Taylor Chastain Griffin is national director of animal-assisted interventions at Pet Partners. She said, “A therapy animal is an animal who's been assessed based on their ability to meet new people and not just tolerate the interaction, but actively enjoy it.” 

泰勒·查斯坦·格里芬 (Taylor Chastain Griffin) 是 Pet Partners 动物辅助干预部门的全国总监。 她说：“治疗动物是一种根据其结识新朋友的能力进行评估的动物，不仅能容忍互动，而且能积极享受互动。” 

Chastain Griffin is a researcher who studies the effects of therapy cats. She said there needs to be more research done in cat therapy. She said that there is a lot of research on other therapy animals like dogs, and many people are surprised to learn that cats can be therapy animals too. 

查斯坦·格里芬是一位研究治疗猫效果的研究员。 她说需要对猫疗法进行更多研究。 她说，对于狗等其他治疗动物有很多研究，许多人惊讶地发现猫也可以成为治疗