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    PETS Program Provides Therapy Dogs at Bellingham Airport

    Dec. 6, 2016
    Related To: Port of Bellingham
    Marie Duckworth, courtesy Port of Bellingham
    A volunteer dog team with the Whatcom Therapy Dog Program, right, visits with a passenger at Bellingham International Airport. The PETS, Pups Easing Traveler Stress, program launched earlier this month at BLI.
    A volunteer dog team with the Whatcom Therapy Dog Program, right, visits with a passenger at Bellingham International Airport. The PETS, Pups Easing Traveler Stress, program launched earlier this month at BLI.

    Whatcom Therapy Dogs has partnered with the Bellingham International Airport to provide a new stress-relieving program: Pups Easing Traveler Stress, or PETS, in the commercial air terminal. Registered therapy dog teams will be in the terminal on a weekly basis to provide passengers and staff with a furry, stress reducing experience. PETS teams will be wearing ID tags and vests that invite travelers and staff to say ‘hi,’ and visit with the therapy dog teams.