Grandin’s audits eventually made more than fifty farms more humane and more efficient.58 She didn’t eliminate all problems. In 2009, ten years after she began her audits, Grandin found that one-quarter of all beef and chicken slaughterhouses should not have passed inspection.59 Even so, she had made progress. “Compared to the bad old days, it’s drastically improved, and I mean drastically,” said Grandin.60
