Temple Grandin is Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University. Dr. Grandin's work includes design of animal handling systems, research on livestock behaviour, and auditing animal welfare. She has visited 26 countries and has served on the OIE animal welfare ad hoc committee for slaughter. Her previous livestock books are: Livestock Handling and Transport, Genetics and the Behavior of Domestic Animals and Humane Livestock Handling. Her popular press books on animal behaviour have been both U.S. and international bestsellers. Throughout her career, Dr. Grandin has worked to combine scientific research results with practical application in the field. In the North America half, the cattle are handled in equipment she designed for meat plants. She has received awards for her work on animal welfare from both the livestock industry and animal welfare NGO's. She has swards from The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, The American Meat Institute, American Society for Animal Science and the Humane Society of the U.S.

《提高動物福利:有效的實踐方法》涵蓋瞭動物福利的測量和評估以及提高動物福利的實踐方法，涉及動物操作處理、安樂死、痛苦的外科手術程序、運輸、屠宰以及役畜處置，強調基於動物的測量結果，如體況、跛腿、病變、行為和皮毛狀況評分，以及衡量操作處理、緻昏實踐中數值評分的使用。此外，也涉及良好飼養管理質量的益處、經濟因素、倫理和激勵生産者行之有效的方法。