A Lecture in Animal Biosciences: Making Slaughterhouses More Humane for Cattle, Pigs, and Sheep

Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Sciences at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, talks about her 2013 article "Making Slaughterhouses More Humane for Cattle, Pigs, and Sheep," which she wrote for the first volume of the Annual Review of Animal Biosciences. Dr. Grandin describes the best practices in preslaughter handling, various stunning techniques, and religious slaughter. She also explains how to enforce humane rules and methods so as to ensure the best possible treatment of animals. Read the article online at Annual Reviews: http://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-animal-031412-103713.