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Fort Collins
PROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, Dr. Temple Grandin is a Doctor of Animal Science and professor at Colorado State
University, bestselling author, and consultant to the livestock industry in animal behavior; and
WHEREAS,as a person with high functioning autism,Dr.Grandin is also widely noted for her work
in autism advocacy, is a prominent author and speaker on the subject of autism, and is the inventor of the
hug machine designed to calm hypersensitive persons; and
WHEREAS,Dr. Grandin has devoted her career to improving conditions at large processing plants
that slaughter some of the 40 billion pounds of cattle and pigs for human consumption every year in the
United States and is a strong advocate for more humane livestock handling,designing numerous innovations
at such facilities that help to reduce stress in the animals during their final minutes; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Grandin's books, including The Way I See It: A Personal Look at Autism and
Asperger's, Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships, and Animals Make Us Human, and her talks around
the world on autism continue to inspire millions and have provided for great advances in the understanding
of autism; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Grandin has been interviewed on National Public Radio and major television
programs and has been featured in many national publications such as Time magazine, People magazine,
Forbes, U.S. News and World Report and the New York Times and has had her life,with its challenges and
successes, brought to the screen in a full-length film "Temple Grandin", produced by HBO.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Doug Hutchinson, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby declare
April 6, 2010 as
TEMPLE GRANDIN DAY
in recognition of Dr. Grandin's contributions to the humane treatment and handling of livestock and to
advancing the understanding and treatment of autism. We are honored to have her as a member of our
community.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF,I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort Collins this
6th day of April, A.D. 2010.
Mayor
ATTEST:
City Clerk