Animal Welfare Assurance Programs
Temple Grandin's program concerning livestock behavior, design of facilities and humane slaughter is present in a series of meat plants across the American continent, Europe, Australia, and in several other locations from around the world. Her objectives are also related to the welfare of animals as they are transported, prepared for slaughter, and as they are treated in general. Grandin's involvement the well-being of animals is most certainly worthy of being praised because of the contribution that she brought to making society more humane. Similar to Grandin's plan, animalhandling.org's approach at reducing stress in animals as they are raised, transported, and prepared to be turned into food is surely laudable, especially given that the website's promoters are focused on ensuring that animals are managed with increased understanding of their needs. These Connecticut-based animal supporters are principally concerned about having the masses, meat consumers, and the meat industry...
Ranging from corrals designed to have animals experience reduced stress while heading toward slaughter houses to loading ramps made so as for animals to experience little to no difficulty while being loaded and unloaded from transport means, Grandin made sure that animals would experience no problems as they are turned into raw meat. The transportation and slaughter guidelines highlighted by AMI Foundation address several complex points that animal handlers have to respect in order for them to guarantee overall effectiveness of the industry.
Both Grandin's program and the program issued by animalhandling.org insist that the meat industry has to acknowledge the fact that animals are beings before they are actually murdered and that they should be…
