“…The project's ability to raise people's awareness of the misfortunes of non-human animals focuses on educational bias, as highlighted by M1 (2018), which fosters the change of values in the community (Felipe, 2009;Mulgan, 2014;Profice & Santos, 2017;Sanders, 2010;Singer, 2009). The action of the project is propositive, in the sense that it seeks answers to the problems faced, and it is inventive and creative, insofar as it establishes a pedagogical process as a way for new and lasting solutions generated with the social actors (Assunção et al, 2018;Avelino et al, 2019;Mello, 2018;Nicholls et al, 2015). According to M1, "Dog Therapy also has an educational purpose because it draws the attention of volunteers people interested in the project to the importance of responsible adoption, animal identification, vaccination and castration for disease control, and overpopulation of animals.…”