This blog post by Temple Grandin, PhD, MS, Colorado State University animal welfare specialist, is worth your time, no matter which segment of the industry you represent. It is time for us all to agree on these issues.
Animal welfare and neglect are important considerations for all animal health pros regardless of the animal species involved.”
It needs to be made very clear that certain egregious practices are never acceptable, Grandin writes. She presents growing consensus around Egregious Acts of Abuse or Egregious Neglect as she specifically addresses meat production and processing.
Source: Meat + Poultry, March 8, 2021. Link.
All segments of the industry should agree that deliberate cruelty or neglect of animals is never acceptable. – Temple Grandin, PhD, MS
INSIGHTS: Some enjoy perpetuating meat producers and processors as unscrupulous and without humane standards. Rather, Grandin references four sets of guidelines that govern meat quality and animal treatment.