AGR 203: Temple Grandin by https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl Temple Grandin's Changes to the Cattle Industry en-us 2018-08-04 16:25:34 UTC 2024-11-03 11:41:26 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Hotsun.png "Spooked cattle don't act straight. They get bruised, scraped, drowned and that all costs money." jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271953975 I chose this quote because it truly saddens me that animals are mistreated and if they go through either fear or anxiety. In the film 'Temple Grandin' Temple found that with her design of a chute the handlers moved the opposite direction of the cattle and the cattle stayed calm and collective while continuing to walk forward. An article I found explains that cattle can be frightened by people and objects that move suddenly (Wolfe, 2008). With that said, since cattle can be so easily frightened then instead of having the cattle adapt to us, we need to adapt to the cattle.
Learning from Temple Grandin…

]]> 2018-08-04 16:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271953975 "I believe what's good for cattle is good for business." jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271954005 I believe that Temple Grandin had very important contributions to the cattle industry. In the film, it showed that Grandin was able to design a chute where cattle were kept calm while they were also being treated humanely. One article stated that all of the cattle in the United States and Canada are handled in equipment that she designed (Kalbfleisch, 2013). Temple Grandin made huge contributions to the cattle industry by putting herself through their eyes. With that said many others began to realize how knowledgeable she really was and began to use the equipment that she designed. Without her contributions I do not believe that the cattle industry would be where it is at today.
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]]> 2018-08-04 16:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271954005 "A handler outside the flight zone can keep the animal circling in a calm orderly manner." jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271954008 I chose this quote because I think some people in society have not always recognized that animals have emotions just like ours. Temple Grandin recognized patterns and behaviors of cattle and was able to find better ways in which to treat them. In the film Grandin recognized that cattle have a flight zone and that they get spooked when someone enters it. One article in particular explains that to handle cattle well then handlers should understand flight zones (Woiwode, Grandin, 2014). The article also explains that if the animals will move more easily if they are kept calm (Woiwode, Grandin, 2014). This article gives more insight into the importance of keeping cattle calm and not to scare them.
Steady Progress…

]]> 2018-08-04 16:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271954008 "We can easily do it in a way where they don't feel pain and they don't get scared." jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271954260 Grandin recognized cattle's emotions by thinking of herself through the eyes of one of them. I chose this quote because of how Important I think it is to recognize that animals have emotions and that we need to treat them humanely. I do not believe it is right for animals to be scared before going to the slaughterhouse. One article I found that studies in the Western United States found that calmer adult cows are produced if they are walked through the chute slowly (Grandin, Shively, 2015). I think taking the time to walk animals slowly and not causing them to panic is more human than how animals have been treated in the past.
How Farm Animals React…

]]> 2018-08-04 16:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271954260 "So they're warning each other that they are going to be slaughtered?" "No sir the loud mooing is saying that they are going to be damaged going around a hard corner." jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271954268 I find it very interesting how animals are so different from humans yet there are so many ways in which we are similar. Shelby, my family's dog, communicates with my family and I by barking to tell us when she wants something such as a snack or if she wants to go outside. I chose this quote because it reminds me of my dog. One article I found explained that cattle did not actually have any way of knowing that they were going to die but that they did not like being separated from the other cattle (Carey, 2011). This article helps further show that cattle are able to communicate with each other.
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]]> 2018-08-04 16:49:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271954268 jfauten https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271960279 2018-08-04 21:06:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jfauten/wx9dpoq1tdvl/wish/271960279