They are still the best sources of protein, fiber, and necessary fats that the human body needs. However, what should be done to solve the problem about animal brutality? Whereas most consumers know livestock animals in their appropriately packaged forms as pieces of meat in plastic bags and Styrofoam, the business of livestock breeding and animal husbandry is still, without a doubt, a huge business. How to Sell Goats and Sheep in Public Livestock Auctions Statistics shows that majority of sheep owners sell their livestock through sale barns or public auction markets. The same goes for goats that are mostly sold in public auctions, though a considerable number of goats are slaughtered on-farm. Selling through stockyard, sale barn, or public auction is an easy and convent way to make profits from your goats or sheep. Such a practice is cited for the production of plumper chickens, which in turn translate to greater profits for farm producers. However, there is still cruelty to the practice because the involved birds grow much heavier that their own bones are usually not able to support them. In other words, this action makes life more unbearable and harder for those livestock animals. Calm pigs and cattle are noticeably much easier to move and handle than excited animals. Excited and agitated animals are harder to sort and separate. They must be calmed down even for just a few minutes before you resume handling and moving them. It usually takes about 20 minutes for severely agitated animals to return to normal. Just make sure that the disease of the pigs in question was not a result of something you did or fed to them. Ask for the return policy of the pig dealer you are considering so that you can be sure that you won t suffer from big losses because of your livestock purchase. In some cases, there are pigs that look healthy at first but may show signs of chronic diseases after a while. If the pregnancy lasts much longer than that, seek proper veterinary or expert help. For premature foals, they can still survive under intensive care after a 310-day gestation period. That is equivalent to human baby's incubator period for premature babies. Taking care of the pregnant mare The fetal growth of foal is most active during the last three months of the pregnancy period of the mare.