Advances in Sheep Welfare examines the recent advances made in sheep welfare assessment, handling and management, providing state-of-the-art coverage of the welfare needs of one of the world's most widely farmed animals.

The book begins with an introduction to sheep welfare in Part One, with chapters covering biology and natural behavior, sheep production systems, and consumer and societal expectations for sheep products. Part Two goes on to highlight new advances in sheep welfare assessment, before Part Three outlines a wide range of solutions to sheep welfare challenges....

When Will Weston's parents give him an ultimatum-one he can't possibly stomach-he knows what he has to do... He has to man up and ask for help. Spreadsheets give him headaches, and all he wants to do is be out on his beloved river, not stuck behind a desk. He knows there's no way he can continue to run the River's End Ranch aquatics program by himself, so he hires a temporary manager; someone to come to the ranch just for the summer and straighten things out. Of course, he never would've imagined that a new hire named "Elliot Redfern" could be so... mind-numbingly attractive. Ellie figures...