Help for Traumatized animals

[Catherine]

We now understand that animals can suffer from trauma as much as any human. They have all the symptoms of PTSD and respond to treatment the way a human would.
Animals that have been orphaned or hurt are damaged emotionally by what happened. Even if they are not physically damaged they will fail to thrive if the emotional part of the injury is not dealt with.

https://www.pri.org/stories/2017-07-26/h...ed-animals


We have known for years that animals feel and suffer emotionally. It is significant that researchers are now acknowledging this suffering and treating it properly. We didn't acknowledge that humans suffered trauma and emotional damage. For years we denied the "wounds" that we couldn't see. Recognizing and treating animal trauma will benefit humans as it increases our knowledge of how trauma works. In return human research will benefit animals once we admit that the suffering is essentially the same.  This is a very hopeful situation. It won't put an end to animal trauma, but it will help them get treatment.