チロリ

1月5日。

「名犬チロリ記念碑」*1。築地川銀座公園。中央区築地1丁目*2


名誉セラピードッグ認定第1号犬
名犬チロリ記念碑


捨て犬チロリは、子犬たちと共に殺生処分寸前を助けられ、後にセラピードッグ(動物介在療法)の代表犬として全国で活躍し多くの高齢者や障害者に大きく貢献しました。
その無償の愛情を捧げる姿は人々に生きる勇気と病気回復への希望を与えました。この1頭の捨て犬の社会福祉への功績は犬史に残ると共に日本の動物愛護法に多大な影響をもたらせました。
ありがとう チロリ 2006.3.16永眠
国際セラピードッグ協会 大木トオルPh.D.


THE FIRST CERTIFIED THERAPY DOG IN JAPAN
IN MEMORY OF THE LEGENDARY CHIRORI
CHIRORI WAS ABANDONED ALONG WITH HER FIVE YOUNG OFFSPRING AND WAS ABOUT TO BE PUT DOWN. AFTER HAVING BEEN GIVEN ANOTHER CHANCE TO LIVE, SHE BECAME A THERAPY DOG.
AT VARIOUS MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS THROUGHOUT JAPAN, SHE ENCOURAGED AND SUPPORTED ELDERLY AND DISABLED PEOPLE WITH HER GIFTED CHARM. SHE GREATLY CONTRIBUTED TO THE SOCIAL AWARENESS OF THE POWER OF THERAPY DOGS AND INFLUENTIAL IN THE RE-DRAFTING OF THE JAPANESE LAW FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANUIMALS.
“NOTHING BUT LOVE TO YOU, CHIRORI”
HONORARY DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN SOCIAL WELFARE
TORU OKI