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Aishwarya Kapoor

Ten Years of Veterinary Science Discoveries Changing How We Care for Dogs and Cats

Animals Hide Pain Better Than We Thought, And We Now Know How to Find It

For decades, the standard assumption was that a quiet pet was a comfortable pet. A 2016 study published in PLOS ONE, and subsequent research from the University of Lincoln, changed that. Cats in particular suppress pain behaviour as a survival mechanism, showing distress makes them vulnerable in the wild, and domestication has not erased that instinct. Dogs are only marginally more expressive.

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