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Pros
Temple grandin is a remarkable women with insights to animal science and behavior that only her unique skill can tackle. Grandin does a great job of introducing the basics of animal emotions and learning patterns, then goes on to compare and contrast ... Read More
Hers is quintessential concern for animal welfare without the anthropomorphism. She has an innate talent that gives her the ability of understanding animals on their terms and level. I admire how she tries to make an unfortunate situation less dire.
One for granddaughter in vet school and one for another granddaughter studying pet grooming. Any creature with the ability to love has a sould.
Cons
This book is so scientifically written that it reads like a thesis. Mostly cites scientific studies and is very dry, boring reading. The only good info in this section is cited from patricia mcconnell.
The tracking of sick animals and the required inspections needed to stop production is humanly impossible. One of the main difficulties with her idea of training slaughterhouse and factory farm workers to be kinder is that employee turnover in slaught... Read More
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Quality
Super fun book especially if you are already familiar with the author’s work on agricultural animal handling
Any creature with the ability to love has a sould
” starts with the british brambell report that lists freedom of hungerthirst discomfort and paininjurydisease as physical welfa... Read More
Price
Grandin is always an advocate for transparency in motivating more appropriate animal facilities
Packaging/appearance
Nice packaging the book was airthight covered with plastic makes it easy to wipe with sanitizer
Competitiveness
They both enjoyed the book and are also using for reference in clinicals
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Who knew cats do not respond to negative reinforcement i think my cat may have collaborated on that chapter
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I rarely reread a book but temple grandins are the exception
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The part about farming and slaughterhouses was a bit disturbing im very glad that ms
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You will have a much better insight on how animals think and respond to different stimuli
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I found i was leaving pencil checks in the margins on most pages
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The ones about wildlife and zoos were interesting but the chapters about animals that we murder for food i ended up skipping altogether
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And im not a hypocrite im a vegetarian
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There is much reliance in this book on seeking “the basic impulse to search investigate and make sense of the environment” a concept by panksepp
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