Doctor Peyo and his owner/trainer Hassen Bouchakour are bringing comfort to adults and children who are being treated for cancer, some in palliative care(保守治疗), at hospitals in Calais, France. Peyo, a 15-year-old horse, appears to have an understanding of human suffering.
At the hospital, Peyo tells his trainer which room he wants to enter next by stopping or raising his leg. Peyo seems able to detect it when humans have cancers. “I accompany him but I let him do what he wants. He’s the one who decides,” Bouchakour said.
For a long time Peyo and Bouchakour were known for taking part in equestrian（马术的） shows. But Peyo was constantly looking for human contact. After shows, he would pick out people in the crowd, approach them and choose to stay next to them. Bouchakour began to suspect Peyo was choosing people who were weakened morally, physically or psychologically. A recent patient in the palliative care unit says Peyo is his “favorite doctor”. “Tonight he’s going to sleep well because he saw Peyo. As soon as he sees him, he sleeps like a baby,” the patient’s wife said.
Since 2016, Bouchakour estimates that Peyo has supported around 1,000 people in the various services in which the two operates. It’s a lifestyle Bouchakour never anticipated. “I am to some extent this horse’s collateral damage. I didn't ask for this. It took me a while to accept it. It put an end to my successful career as a sportsman, and as a showman. It was very complicated to no longer be the master, and to be forced to admit that when Peyo detects someone is sick, I am no longer in control. When he decides, I cannot hold him back. It's a need. It is in him. He needs to go and cling onto the specific person he has chosen,” says Bouchakour.
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