Woman and cat, both amputees, team up to empower Ohio communities through animal therapy

Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Each morning when she wakes up, Juanita Mengel removes the silicone liner of her prosthetic leg out from under a heated blanket so that the metal parts of the artificial limb don't feel as cold on her skin when she straps the pieces together. The 67-year-old Amanda, Ohio, resident then does the same for her 5-year-old dilute tortoiseshell cat, Lola-Pearl, who is missing her left hind leg. The duo is one of an estimated 200 therapy cat teams registered in the U.S. through Pet Partners.