Temple Grandin Curved Crowd Pens

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Temple Grandin has changed many thing about slaughter systems. Temple Grandin designed the idea of curved crowd pens. She also designed center track conveyor restraint system which provides any benefits to the cattle industry. Temple Grandin helped design curved crowd pens. By using the idea of a curved cattle pen you eliminate many problems. Cattle have the urge to walk back in a circle to where they came from. By using the curved crowd pen design you allow them to follow their natural instinct and walk in a 180 degree curve. This helps to allow the cattle to stay calmer during the process improving the quality of meat. Also, by having curved crowd pens it prevents the cattle from all bunching up in the center and potentially causing harm

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