Celebrities Hayden Panettiere and Cynthia Nixon came out to support Claire Danes and world-renowned animal rights and autism expert Dr. Temple Grandin at the screening of the HBO original movie Temple Grandin in New York City. Claire Danes plays the lead character in the film.
The HBO film is based on the fascinating life of Dr. Temple Grandin, a modern day Doctor Doolittle who helps people understand animal behavior. A Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, she travels the world to improve livestock handling facilities and teach large corporations and workers the correct procedures to follow in slaughterhouses and factory farms, greatly improving animal welfare.
In addition to her animal welfare work, she is also an authority on autism as well as the author of several popular books - Thinking in Pictures, Animals Make Us Human: Creating The Best Life For Animals, Livestock Handling and Transport, Humane Livestock Handling and the seminal Animals in Translation.
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