the characteristics of a kayak design that determine how the boat will respond to inputs from the paddler, usually including tracking or turning ability, stability, and seaworthiness (contrast with performance)
means petting, feeding, watering, cleaning, manipulating, loading, crating, shifting, transferring, immobilizing, restraining, treating, training, working and moving, or any similar activity with respect to any animal
the management of someone or something; "the handling of prisoners"; "the treatment of water sewage"; "the right to equal treatment in the criminal justice system"