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Cattle Transport Training & Certification

Depending on your situation, your cattle hauler likely occupies a position somewhere between trusted ally and the reason Maalox was invented. If your experiences trend toward the latter, you might ask haulers if they’ve been trained and certified through the Cattle Transporter Training Program (CTTP).

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  • Oct. 1, 2011
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    Independent, Third-Party Assessments Help Gauge The Job You’re Doing In Animal Handling

    I recently attended a meeting of the Academy of Veterinary Consultants, a national organization of veterinarians whose practice focus is beef cattle. One of the topics presented at this meeting dealt with how veterinarians can become more involved in the welfare of cattle....More
  • Mar. 3, 2011
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    Temple Grandin Is On Discovery Science Tonight

    Animal behaviorist and facilities designer Temple Grandin is the subject of an “Ingenious Minds” episode airing on the Discovery Science Channel at 8:30 p.m. MT on Thursday, March 3...More
  • Feb. 27, 2011
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    Board Would Set Poultry, Livestock Care Rules

    Maryland's poultry and livestock farmers -- largely exempt from the state's animal cruelty rules -- support creating an advisory board to set formal animal-care guidelines....More
  • Feb. 7, 2011
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    NCBA Video: Redefining Animal Welfare

    BEEF magazine editors Amanda Radke and Jamie May asked producers to define the term "animal welfare" at the Cattle Industrys Convention and NCBA Trade Show in Denver...More
  • Aug. 5, 2010
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    Solid Vs. Open Design On Livestock Handling Facilities

    I’ve advocated for years the use of solid sides on loading ramps, chutes and crowd pens. In many situations, adding solid fences improved the movement of cattle into trucks and squeeze chutes...More
  • Aug. 5, 2010
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    “Temple Grandin” DVD Is Now Available

    The DVD version of the HBO biopic “Temple Grandin,” which is up for 15 Primetime Emmy Awards, goes on sale Aug. 17. The DVD offers bonus features that include a “making of” featurette and audio commentary from Temple Grandin...More
  • Jul. 2, 2010
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    Ranch Welfare Audits

    Auditing for animal welfare at the ranch demands simplicity and effectively chosen critical control points. Temple Grandin – renowned livestock behaviorist – began gathering benchmark data in 1996...More
  • Apr. 1, 2010
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    An Update on Animal Behaviorist Temple Grandin

    Life has changed a bit for Temple Grandin since the Feb. 6 debut of her biopic on HBO, Temple Grandin. She's being called on more as a speaker on autism, for one thing, and she's recognized more in public. Yeah, a lot more, she says. In fact, two people recognized me just this morning in the airport...More
  • Mar. 1, 2010
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    HSUS Watchdog On Duty Is the Aim of a New Center for consumer Freedom Website

    HumaneWatch.org, a watchdog project dedicated to analyzing the activities of the Humane Society of the U.S. (HSUS), has been launched...More
  • Mar. 1, 2010
    article

    Go one on one

    I remember the very first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Our science class was assigned to go out and document environmental degradation...More
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