Researchers warn: dolphins cannot heal illness

January 26th, 2008

A group proposing that interacting with dolphins through a therapy program can help patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, emotional stress,  phobias, depression and Neurasthenia is facing criticism from researchers at Emory University who say that this therapy could actually cause harm to both patients and animals.  The program costs upward of $4,000 and includes lodging optimally dolphin-patient direct contact for 15-20 minutes once a day for a period of 7-10 days.