Animals Make Us Human talk Monday night at UC Davis

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Animal Behaviorist Temple Grandin to Speak

 

 

Animal behaviorist and author Temple Grandin will present a public

lecture and signing of the best-selling book " Animals Make Us Human, " as

well as her other books, on Monday, March 2, at UC Davis.

 

Grandin, who has overcome the challenges of autism and used her personal

experience to develop keen insights into how animals think, act and

feel, will speak at 7 p.m. in Freeborn Hall. She will sign books before

and after the lecture. Tickets, costing $10 per person, are available

from the UC Davis Box Office

(http://visit.ucdavis.edu/Public/content.cfm?CONTENT=16 & SRVC=TIX).

 

She also will be available to speak individually with reporters from

2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Monday upstairs in Room 2030 of Gladys Valley Hall,

opposite the William R. Pritchard Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.

 

Grandin, a designer of livestock handling facilities and professor of

animal science at Colorado State University, is considered by many to be

one of the most successful individuals with autism. She teaches courses

on livestock behavior and facility design at and consults with the

livestock industry on facility design, livestock handling, and animal

welfare.

 

During her UC Davis presentation, she will discuss how people can

fulfill the specific needs of dogs, cats, horses, wildlife, and farm and

zoo animals, and observe their happiness through the eyes of the

animals.

 

Her other books include " Animals in Translation, " " Thinking in

Pictures, " " Livestock Handling and Transport, " and " Genetics and the

Behavior of Domestic Animals. "

 

Her talk is hosted by the International Animal Welfare Training

Institute, a new organization within UC Davis' School of Veterinary

Medicine. The institute focuses on developing science-based solutions

related to companion animal well-being, livestock welfare, care and

health of shelter animals, and emergency response for animals during

disasters.

 

Media contact(s):

Lynn Narlesky, Veterinary Medicine Dean's Office, (530) 752-5257,

lnarlesky

Pat Bailey, UC Davis News Service, (530) 752-9843, pjbailey

 

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Directions to the UC Davis Ticket Office and Freeborn Hall:

http://visit.ucdavis.edu/Public/content.cfm?CONTENT=20 & SRVC=TIX

 

Maps & parking info:

http://www.cevs.ucdavis.edu/map/

 

Wikipedia article on Temple Grandin:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_Grandin

 

Thanks for this event notification are due to Darcy Harrington and

Yasmine Nadeem Ashuraey of Stanford's ARF!

 

-- Mike