Editor's Note:
An animal therapy program at the Yekaterinburg Zoo in Russia is helping children with special needs integrate into society. Children and their parents visited the zoo to participate in the program on February 16, 2017, where they were able to interact with raccoons, hedgehogs, roosters and parrots. Photos: Donat Sorokin/TASS/CFP
A child interacts with a raccoon at the Yekaterinburg Zoo as part of the animal therapy program designed to help children with special needs integrate into society on February 16, 2017. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS/CFP 
A child interacts with a rooster at the Yekaterinburg Zoo as part of the animal therapy program designed to help children with special needs integrate into society on February 16, 2017. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS/CFP 
Children interact with a rooster at the Yekaterinburg Zoo as part of the animal therapy program designed to help children with special needs integrate into society on February 16, 2017. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS/CFP 
Children and their parents visit the Yekaterinburg Zoo to participate in the animal therapy program designed to help children with special needs integrate into society on February 16, 2017. Photo: Donat Sorokin/TASS/CFP
