Consider the “fear-free” movement, now an accredited standard in over 3,000 clinics worldwide. Its protocols are grounded in ethology—the study of animal behavior in natural contexts. For example:
Animals are, by evolutionary necessity, masters of concealment. To show weakness in the wild is to invite predation. A wolf with a septic joint does not limp dramatically; it shifts its weight subtly. A barn cat with a urinary blockage does not cry out; it simply stops using the litter box.