Temple Grandin Discusses Measuring Animal Welfare
Written by Vegetarian Star on February 10th, 2011 in Animal Issues, Farming.
Temple Grandin isn’t always revered in the vegetarian and animal activist community because she’s a partner with the animal agriculture business. She’s helped designed slaughterhouses.
But Grandin’s goal is to make conditions less stressful on the animals, and until we’re churning out test tube meat or the entire world go veg, Grandin’s work will continue to make an incredible difference in the treatment animals receive until their death.
Grandin’s interview with Brownfield Ag News discusses how she performs animal welfare audits, which include direct measuring of variables such as sick versus healthy cows, mooing cows at the slaughterhouse (which indicates stress), body condition scores–things she says studies have shown farmers don’t do well enough until they’ve worked with her.
The mp3 file can be found here.
Photo: PR Photo
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