Temple Grandin Analysis

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Temple Grandin was born with autism she could not talk tell the age of 4. Doctors said she should be instituted but he mother said she wanted her to go to school. She was not very popular in school and did not have many friends. She went to her aunt 's farm and loved the animals so she went to school and got a Professor in animal science at Colorado university. Temple Grandin influenced livestock industry on animal behavior and welfare through her literary works including, Animal Welfare in Slaughter Plants,livestock handling and transport and Behavioral Principles of Livestock Handling.

Temple Grandin’s text Animal Welfare in Slaughter Plants impacted the welfare of animals in slaughter plants. To start the text talks about ways animals are mistreated in slaughterhouses. “Stress caused by forcing pigs to move through a single file race could be eliminated by stunning groups of pigs in CO2 gas. Barton Gade et al., (1993) has developed a low stress driving and lairage system for moving groups of five pigs onto an elevator which …show more content…

the text is informing people how to handle livestock more humane ways. The article also states the behavioral principles of animals in certain situations.” in areas where animals are handled, illumination should be uniform and diffuse. Shadows and bright spots should be minimized. Slats on the floor of shearing sheds and other animal facilities, should be eliminated so animals walk across the slats (48). Flapping objects or a coat hung on a chute fence may stop animal movement.”. the article is giving advice to help move animals and what might spook them. It also talks about how thing small this might change the way they move. To conclude the article impacted the way animals are humanely treated. By telling what big facilities should do to help things move more steadily. By doing this the animals are more more calm which is more