Animal Bonding Center: Advancing Education and Wellness through Science, Trained Animals and Ethical, Safe Technology
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Welcome to Animal Bonding Center
Welcome to Animal Bonding Center
We are a nonprofit organization dedicated to the caring, training, and bonding of animals, combined with technology and science-based approaches to advance education, wellness, and community connection.
Our mission is to pioneer animal-assisted wellness and learning by uniting animal care and training with innovative technologies such as live interaction, 360° video, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and streaming platforms.
We also educate the community on animal care, bonding, and technology safety ensuring that safe and ethical innovation goes hand-in-hand with animal-assisted experiences.
While our programs often inspire joy, calm, and emotional support, we want to be clear: we are not a mental health or clinical therapy provider.
Instead, we are a science- and technology-driven nonprofit advancing research, innovation, education, and wellness—working in partnership with trained animals, especially bunnies, to create meaningful and engaging experiences for individuals and communities.
Animal Bonding Center works in strategic partnership with Bunny Gurus® and DeepSAFE Technology® to combine the care and training of bunnies with cognitive science and technology, creating safe and innovative wellness and education programs.
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Animal Bonding for All
Animal Bonding for All
Enhancing Emotional and Cognitive Well-Being.
Enhancing Emotional and Cognitive Well-Being.
At Animal Bonding Center, our vision is to share the benefits of animal bonding through education, research, and ethical and safe technology, supporting individuals and communities in building emotional resilience and cognitive growth. We partner with corporations, community centers, religious organizations, hospitals, and schools to enhance well-being and connection. Recognizing today’s challenges, we are committed to making animal-assisted wellness and education accessible to all.
How Your Support Makes a Difference
How Your Support Makes a Difference
At Animal Bonding Center, every donation goes directly to our secular, community-based programs. Our work is inclusive and focused on advancing education, wellness, and connection through animals, science, and technology. We do not engage in religious activities, and your support helps sustain and expand programs such as:
Bonding & Wellness Programs: Guided animal bonding sessions with our trained bunnies that bring joy, empathy, social skills, and connection. LEARN MORE ➜
Digital & Technology-Enhanced Programs: Personalized VR recordings, AI-driven interactive stories, and streaming programs that extend animal bonding to homes, schools, hospitals, and community centers. LEARN MORE ➜
Educational & Outreach Programs: Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) for children and youth, professional growth for adults, senior enrichment, and hands-on classes in animal care, behavior, and safe technology use. LEARN MORE ➜
Career Training & Inclusion Initiatives: Workforce readiness programs offering children and young adults with special needs opportunities to explore careers in animal care, research, education, and technology.
Community Engagement: Free and low-cost workshops, school partnerships, volunteer training, and community events that share the joy of animal bonding with all.
Research & Advocacy: Studies exploring animal bonding, innovations in VR and technology for education and wellness, and collaborative projects with schools, hospitals, senior facilities, veterans’ groups, and agricultural partners. LEARN MORE ➜
Workplace & Corporate Wellness: Employee and leadership programs that build empathy, relieve stress, and strengthen teamwork. LEARN MORE ➜
Family & Intergenerational Programs: Retreats and bonding experiences that bring families closer together and encourage intergenerational learning. LEARN MORE ➜
Your support ensures that these programs continue to grow, reaching more people and communities with meaningful, science-based animal bonding experiences.
Wellness with Animals
Wellness with Animals
Customized animal-bonding programs that incorporate interactions tailored to individual wellness and learning goals, such as building social skills, fostering relaxation, or encouraging cognitive engagement. These experiences are thoughtfully designed by our team to provide supportive, structured activities that adapt to participants’ needs.
Animal Connections in Virtual Reality
Animal Connections in Virtual Reality
Immersive VR experiences that allow users to interact with virtual animals in serene, natural environments. This innovative service combines cutting-edge safe and ethical technology with the calming effects of animal companionship, accessible to individuals unable to visit in person.
Education Through Animal Bonding
Education Through Animal Bonding
Workshops and courses that integrate Social Emotional Learning (SEL) with animal-bonding experiences, focusing on empathy, self-awareness, and emotional growth. These programs are designed for schools, educators, professionals, and the public, fostering emotional intelligence and social skills through engaging interactions with animals.
Tailored animal-bonding activities for businesses and schools designed to enhance well-being, ease stress, and strengthen teamwork and connection. These programs can be conducted on-site or virtually, offering a unique and engaging approach to corporate and school wellness.
A dedicated arm focused on researching the benefits of animal bonding and developing new methodologies and technologies to expand its reach and impact. We collaborate with academic institutions and industry partners to innovate and validate wellness-based approaches that strengthen the human–animal connection.
Join our team of dedicated volunteers to support animal-bonding sessions, help care for our trained companion animals, and assist with community outreach. Volunteers are essential in advancing our mission and creating meaningful connections between people and animals.
Evidence-Based & Innovative Community Impact & Partnerships
Evidence-Based & Innovative Community Impact & Partnerships
At the Animal Bonding Center, community is at the heart of everything we do. In partnership with our sister organization, Bunny Gurus, we bring animal-bonding experiences into schools, senior communities, shelters, public programs, and other community spaces.
At the Animal Bonding Center, community is at the heart of everything we do. In partnership with our sister organization, Bunny Gurus, we bring animal-bonding experiences into schools, senior communities, shelters, public programs, and other community spaces.
Through our partnership with Bunny Gurus, we have witnessed how animal-bonding programs create profound moments of connection across diverse communities. Each story reflects not only the impact of our trained companion bunnies, but also the resilience of individuals facing unique challenges:
A child finding calm and focus, gradually building the confidence to hold a bunny with pride.
A teenager with disabilities experiencing inclusion and joy alongside siblings and peers for the first time.
A young person who had been withdrawn speaking their first words in months after quietly watching the bunnies.
A woman rediscovering hope and purpose through repeated private sessions with the animals.
Seniors unlocking memories from decades past during one-to-one interactions.
Members of the homeless community, including a blind and deaf man, holding a rabbit for the very first time and expressing profound joy.
Schools facing tragedy and loss turning to bunny-bonding sessions as part of social-emotional support for students and staff.
Children recovering from medical challenges finding belonging in a stigma-free space surrounded by peers and families.
Healthcare workers under intense pressure experiencing rare moments of calm during on-site sessions.
At-risk youth and special education students shifting from aggression to empathy and self-regulation through guided interaction.
These vignettes are only a glimpse into the breadth of work happening every day. You can read the full collection of stories on the Bunny Gurus Community page. Together, they underscore a simple truth: the gentle presence of animals can spark comfort, dignity, and connection in ways that words alone often cannot.
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Transforming Lives, One Paw at a Time
Transforming Lives, One Paw at a Time
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You can help us make a difference
You can help us make a difference
Together, We Create Brighter Futures: Empowering Every Step Towards Tomorrow's Possibilities
Together, We Create Brighter Futures: Empowering Every Step Towards Tomorrow's Possibilities
Your generous donation helps us provide life-changing animal-bonding experiences and wellness programs to those in need.
Join our team of dedicated volunteers and help bring comfort, joy, and connection to individuals and families through animal bonding.
Collaborate with us to foster well-being and expand the reach of our mission through innovative partnerships.
Through our partnership with Bunny Gurus and DeepSAFE Technology, we’re able to share the joy of animal bonding with communities everywhere both in person and in the digital world. Together, we bring trained bunnies, caring hands, and safe, ethical technology to create experiences that spark empathy, learning, and wellness for all.
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