CHAPS Equine Assisted Services Executive Director Kristen Marcus is busy searching for a new horse for the facility, a process that on its own isn’t easy but is made harder by all the scams she’s had to wade through.

So much false information floating around is one of the reasons CHAPS recently earned dual accreditation to become the only equine center in Wyoming to have completed both, certifying that its therapies meet stringent safety standards and its practices have been studied and are backed by authorities in the field of equine-assisted therapy.

“I've gone through 15 scams on Facebook just trying to find a horse,” she said. “In this day and age of people being so dishonest, I just feel that for us to have both accreditations is a very distinct pledge to our community, that we are

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