Emily R. Trunnell, Ph.D. @ertrunnell.bsky.social · Jun 10 ⚠️ The Pain Echo Chamber ⚠️ Captivity, including in laboratories, amplifies animals’ pain before any procedure is even performed. A review paper published in March shows how attempts to improve #AnimalWelfare or conduct #PainResearch are fundamentally undermined by confinement. 🧵 1/8
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Key points from the article: ⚠️ Barren housing disrupts natural pain relief processes, intensifies pain, & slows healing. ⚠️ The same procedures cause more intense, longer-lasting pain in confinement. ⚠️ Welfare assessments isolate procedures, ignoring the added suffering of captivity. 2/8