Shelter dogs and struggling border agents: Congress just passed a bill to bring them together

Congress passed the PEARL Act, which authorizes a three-year pilot program to provide shelter dogs as support animals for U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel suffering from job-related trauma.
The PEARL Act, sponsored by Rep. Dave Joyce, directs U.S. Customs and Border Protection to run a three-year pilot program that will place shelter dogs as support animals with agency personnel facing job-related trauma.
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