Temple Grandin, North America's most influential advocate of humane
livestock treatment, has spent her life developing stress-free
facility designs and standards of humane management. In an
environment of growing concern regarding large factory-farming
practices, Grandin is a voice of reason explaining the benefits of
keeping animals calm through every phase of their lives -- benefits
that include safer working conditions, higher yields of marketable
meat, better-quality meat, and, of course, more humane conditions
for the animals.
The first half of "Humane Livestock Handling" reviews the natural
behavior and temperament of cattle. Working with the animals'
natural instincts, Grandin describes low-stress methods for moving
cattle on pastures, paddocks, and feedlot pens. Slow, controlled
movement reduces stress and fear, resulting in calmer, healthier
cattle. They eat better, are less likely to become sick, and do not
run into fences and gates, injuring themselves and bruising the
meat. Calm cattle are also far less likely to injure the humans
working with them.
The second half of the book is packed with construction plans,
diagrams and detailed designs for putting Grandin's ideas into
practice. Featuring plans for everything from gate latches to
chutes, corrals, and sorting pens for full-scale facilities, there
are designs that can be used in both large and small operations. In
fact, half of the cattle in North America are already handled in
systems designed by Grandin, and the demand for humanely processed
meat continues to grow.
Temple Grandin's systems are quickly becoming the industry-wide
standard. No livestock operation, small or large, can afford to
ignore "Humane Livestock Handling."
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