Nobody talks common sense about animal welfare better than Dr. Temple Grandin of Colorado State University.
If you are in the livestock industry, unless you live in a cave, you have heard of Dr. Grandin. In fact, a decent portion of the general public now knows this amazing woman, thanks to the HBO movie starring Claire Danes which celebrates Temple’s triumph over autism. That movie and her best-selling books have allowed her to get out and talk to the general public about animal welfare issues, something she considers to be very important for the livestock industry to do.
Temple spoke this morning to the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica Swine Health Seminar in North Carolina. One of her suggestions about handling pigs humanely and effectively is to walk the pens. “Pigs are visual animals,” she explains. “Walk the pens and teach them to follow you.”
Dr. Grandin has a new book on animal welfare for the industry, called “Improving Animal Welfare: A Practical Approach.” Buy it on Amazon.
Listen to my interview with Dr. Grandin here: Dr. Temple Grandin at BIVI Swine Health Seminar