Low Stress Livestock Handling
Discover how humanely handling your livestock can contribute safety and security for animals and their handlers. The class will emphasize the importance of understanding livestock behavior based on techniques and designs employed by Temple Grandin and Bud Williams. Low stress animal handling will result in calmer livestock, with lower stress levels and disease and better weight gains and conception rates. The class will visit traditional animal handling facilities and be able to see low stress methods applied. The course will use livestock but these methods can be used on a variety of animals. Bring your lunch and enjoy a day in the outdoors.
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DATES: 1 Saturday: March 4, 2023
TIME: 9:00am - 4:00pm
FEE: $50
LOCATION: 75 Acres Field Hut, 3535 Education Drive
MODE OF DELIVERY: In-Person
INSTRUCTOR: Robert Rutherford & Matthew Shapero
QUESTIONS: Contact Shelly Ingram shelly_ingram@cuesta.edu or 628-888-4012
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Robert Rutherford |
Robert Rutherford is a Holistic Management Certified Educator and a graduate of UC Davis with a Bachelor of Science and Standard Secondary Teaching Credential for Ag Education and a Master of Science in Agriculture at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). Rob retired after serving for 39 years as a Professor of Animal Science at Cal Poly. Within that position, as well as teaching and advising students, he was charged with managing the sheep operations on campus, which entails grazing management in order to enhance resource function and productivity. |
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Matthew Shapero |
Matthew Shapero, currently works for University of California Cooperative Extension as the Area Livestock & Range advisor serving Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties. In this position, he works on a variety of issues including on-ranch strategies for improved livestock grazing; wildland fuels management using prescribed fire, targeted grazing, and other practices; land and water use policy; and livestock herd health. He has been certified as a Certified Rangeland Manager with the California-Pacific Section of the Society for Range Management and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Mr. Shapero earned his M.S. in Range Management from the University of California, Berkeley, in 2016. |