Humane Livestock Handling: Understanding livestock behavior and building facilities for healthier animals

by Temple Grandin

Discover how humanely handling your livestock can improve the day-to-day operation and profitability of your farm. Stressing the importance of understanding livestock behavior, Temple Grandin shows you how to develop a respectful working relationship with your animals to promote their health and productivity. With detailed construction plans for animal-friendly facilities of all sizes and dozens of low-stress methods for moving your livestock on pastures, padlocks, and feedlot pens, this guide has everything you need to know to create a comfortable atmosphere for thriving, happy livestock.   

Genres: Nonfiction, Animals

227 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1993

About the author

Mary Temple Grandin is an American academic and animal behaviorist. She is a prominent proponent of the humane treatment of livestock for slaughter and the author of more than 60 scientific papers on animal behavior. Grandin is a consultant to the livestock industry, where she offers advice on animal behavior, and is also an autism spokesperson.
Grandin is one of the first autistic people to document the insights she gained from her personal experiences with autism. She is a faculty member with Animal Sciences in the College of Agricultural Sciences at Colorado State University.
In 2010, Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, named her in the "Heroes" category. She was the subject of the Emmy- and Golden Globe-winning biographical film Temple Grandin. Grandin has been an outspoken proponent of autism rights and neurodiversity movements.

Reviews

[Carissa]

This one is a little more comprehensive than her other small farm handling book, but with less of the flashy formatting. Much of the information is going to be the same, after all, it's still a focus on handling livestock, but of the two, I prefer this one. If you're going to be around livestock in any manner, and you have not yet gone to any of Temple Grandin's talks, trainings, or anything, this book is very much a required reading.

[Jan Sydnam]

Wonderful author that has lived with Autism her entire life. She knows how to make a difference in the lives of animals.

[Stargazer]

I've no connection with livestock animals, but i'm interested in the author and her brilliant observational skills and really enjoyed it.

[Brenda Mitchell]

Amamzing. Temple Grandin never disappoints

[Janice]

Temple really knows her stuff. Although I don't eat beef it's some comfort to know that thought has been put into the slaughter process - at least until we all decide the whole meat eating thing is barbaric.

[Jeff Carpenter]

Great reference book. Very detailed drawings and pertinent information for designing and building cattle handling facilities. Highly recommend for anyone who works livestock.

[Sarah]

With little hands-on knowledge of farming, this book laid out best practices for working with large animals. Come spring, I will have some new techniques to try out with our cattle & pigs!

[Janice]

Great reference book for anyone who deals with livestock.
Contains lots of plans and detailed info for designing and building stock yards, etc.