false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256083597m/2924877.jpg 2924877 2 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 &#8212; benefits that include safer working conditions, higher yields of marketable meat, better-quality meat, and, of course, more humane conditions for the animals.<br><br> The first half of <i>Humane Livestock Handling</i> 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.<br><br> 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. <br><br>Temple Grandin's systems are quickly becoming the industry-wide standard. No livestock operation, small or large, can afford to ignore <i>Humane Livestock Handling</i>. 2952199 1993 Humane Livestock Handling total:3|5:2|4:1| 3 14 13 0 0 0 false false Tue Sep 22 20:11:07 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 20:11:07 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Aug 17 14:50:05 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 14:50:05 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 12 18:17:29 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 18:17:32 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 03 15:16:29 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 15:16:29 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Feb 22 14:03:42 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:03:42 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 05:51:36 -0800 2009 Thu Jul 09 02:42:39 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jan 22 12:15:49 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 12:15:49 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 05 17:55:28 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 17:55:28 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Oct 20 16:30:24 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 16:30:24 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Sep 18 08:01:01 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 18 08:01:01 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue May 13 06:41:31 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 06:41:31 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue Apr 29 08:25:54 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 08:25:54 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Fri Sep 28 18:02:17 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 28 18:02:24 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2924877