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Petpositve ,or The Malaysian Animal-Assisted Therapy for the Disabled and Elderly Association, is Malaysia's the first – and only – nationally registered non-profit organisation that uses animals to empower the lives of disabled and elderly persons. Founded by Anthony Thanasayan, the organisation aims to provides and promote animal assisted therapy for disabled and elderly in Malaysia. As a non profit organisation, Petpositive depends solely on the the donations and contributions from from generous individual. Petpositive is a registered society according to the Societies Act(1966) in Malaysia, and it is a tax exempted charity organisation.

Background
Establish in 2006, Petpositive is located at Kuala Lupur, the capital of Malaysia, with its aim to provide animal assisted therapy for the elderly and disabled in Malayisa. This concept came into mind of the Sir Anthony Thanasayan, which he get inspired on how pet has bring lots of benefit to people. Animal assisted therapy is also well-known in other countries but not Malaysia.

Benefit of Animal Therapy
As published in Helpguide.org, Studies have also found that:

While people with dogs often experience the greatest health benefits, a pet doesn’t necessarily have to be a dog or a cat. Even watching fish in an aquarium can help reduce muscle tension and lower pulse rate.
 * Pet owners are less likely to suffer from depression than those without pets.
 * People with pets have lower blood pressure in stressful situations than those without pets.
 * Playing with a pet can elevate levels of serotonin and dopamine, which calm and relax.
 * Pet owners have lower triglyceride and cholesterol levels (indicators of heart disease) than those without pets.
 * Heart attack patients with pets survive longer than those without.
 * Pet owners over age 65 make 30 percent fewer visits to their doctors than those without pets.

Also, in pawsforpeople.org, it claims that pet brings significant benefit in both physical and mental health to pet owners.