[exDemMom]

After a similar story was published a few years ago, a veterinarian colleague almost blew a gasket.

A human being can suppress the reaction to having needles poked into their body, especially if that human believes those needles would have therapeutic effect.

An animal has no clue about the mythology of acupuncture. And those cruel people are going to poke that poor creature with dozens of needles?

As my veterinarian colleague fumed, that poor animal has no idea what is going on, and as far as it knows, it is being tortured to death. What a painful, frightening experience to impose on a helpless beast.

[ichabod1]

You can barely feel the needles.

[steve86]

” What a painful, frightening experience”

My 10 or 12 appointments were neither painful nor frightening, certainly not torture, and there was nothing to suppress. Many human patients doze or enter a hyper-relaxed state.

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

What a painful, frightening experience to impose on a helpless beast.

I have a hard time seeing a Komodo Dragon as helpless.