“There aren’t many animals that care for the kids like Whitetop does ... “I was a teenager then, and I’d recently been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes,” said Wilkerson, now 33. “I remember sitting down ...

While cats and dogs are the most common therapy animals, llamas—including the oldest one in the world—have the same effect on some people. According to the Associated Press, a 27-year-old ...