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"A Dutch physiotherapist has claimed that he uses two miniature pigs to help his patients in Germany. Daan Vermeulen brings Felix and Rudi to meetings with his older patients and also with children who suffer from emotional or behavioural problems, Reuters reports. He explained that the pigs encourage pensioners to move about and also foster greater social interaction among patients. &amp;quot;This generation associates pigs strongly with their youth,&amp;quot; Vermeulen said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s a reunion with an animal one once knew well but hasn&amp;#039;t thought of in many years.&amp;quot; Of his choice of animal, he added: &amp;quot;Dogs certainly have good qualities but if I&amp;#039;m walking along one side of the street with my pig and you&amp;#039;re walking along the other side with your dog, then everyone will look at me. That&amp;#039;s the advantage of a pig.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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