**11. Conclusions**

There are welfare problems that still persist, such as unvaccinated cattle arriving at feedlots and high percentages of lame cattle. The first problem could be remedied by encouraging more producers to enroll in high-welfare programs that require best practices. High percentages of lame dairy cows is an example of bad becoming normal. This occurred because the percentage of lame dairy cows slowly increased without being noticed. The use of numerical scoring of lameness is recommended to help managers reduce lameness in both dairy and beef cattle.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The author declares no conflict of interest.
