Animal Angels Foundation started in January 2005 is a Mumbai based organization run by Rohini Fernandes and Radhika Nair who are clinical psychologists, certified practitioners of animal assisted therapy and professional dog – trainers. Animal Angels Foundation is the first organization in India working in the field of animal assisted – therapy. Animal assisted therapy is where trained therapy animals assist a medical service professional to motivate and help a child or an adult learn or improve various skills like social skills, verbal skills, physical cognitive skills, and it also helps to speed up the recovery process.