Observations made on several hundred farms, ranches, feedlots, and slaughter plants indicates that the single most important factor which affects animal welfare is the attitude of management. Places that have good animal welfare have a manager who cares about welfare. Places where animal welfare is poor often have a manager who does not care. A good manager enforces standards to maintain good welfare. Employees are well trained and people who abuse animals are punished. I have observed that the most effective manager is involved enough in day to day operations to care but he or she is not so involved that they become numb and desensitized to animal suffering. People who handle hundreds of animals each day can become desensitized. They need a strong manager to serve as their conscience.

Reply to the Paper by Stan Curtis on Animal State of Being and Welfare
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Animals are not Things
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Distress in Animals: Is it Fear, Pain, or Physical Distress?
Welfare in Slaughter Plants Improves
Dr.Grandin comments on Specific Animal Welfare Issues
Animal Welfare Is a Public Concern
Economic Advantages of Good Animal Welfare
There are Five Basic Welfare Problems in Slaughter Plants
How to Prevent Animals From Becoming Crippled or Non-ambulatory.
Animal Welfare in Slaughter Plants (research paper)
Electro-immobilization is not a Humane Method of Restraint
Swine Genetics
Effect of Rearing Environment and Environmental Enrichment on the Behavior and Neural Development of Young Pigs.
Genetics and Animal Welfare.
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Importance of Genetics in Sow Group Housing

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• Animal Welfare Information Center. This is the United States Department of Agriculture website. It contains the Agricultural Research Service and the National Agricultural Library.

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