People don't remember the pain they experienced as a baby after they've grown up, so pain inflicted upon babies is pretty much ethically fine. You can pinch, poke and cut babies any time and know there's nothing wrong about their pain in the moment because they won't remember it later. The same can be applied to animals that don't really have memories. Their pain just really doesn't matter, so we can treat them however we like.
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