From Bach to The Beatles, 12-year-old's music therapy for homeless dogs is a hit in the US
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Yuvi Agarwal started playing keyboard when he was four years old. Several years ago, he noticed his playing soothed his family's restless golden doodle, Bozo. He wondered if it could also help stressed homeless animals.
With help from his parents, who both have backgrounds in marketing, he founded the non-profit organisation Wild Tunes in 2023 to recruit musicians to play in animal shelters.
So far he has enlisted about 100 volunteer musicians and singers of all ages and abilities to perform at nine shelters in Houston, New Jersey and Denver, Colorado.
Sarah McDonner, a volunteer for Wild Tunes, plays the flute at the Denver Animal Shelter. Photo: AP
'You don't have to understand the lyrics to enjoy the music,' Agarwal says after playing hits such as
The Beatles ' 'Hey Jude' and
Ed Sheeran 's 'Perfect' on his portable keyboard at the Denver Animal Shelter.
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