Three Lakes Ranch: Non-Compliance to Humane Livestock Handling in 2025 Q3 (USDA)
See the detail of the non-compliance of humane livestock handling that the USDA observed at the Three Lakes Ranch slaughterhouse establishment in 2025 Q3.
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313.16(a)(1)
At approximately 0710 hours on April 11, 2025 IPP observed the following humane handling noncompliance at Three Lakes Ranch Establishment #47333. Plant personnel brought the goat into the knock box. A rifle was used. The employee knocked the goat with the rifle. The goat was not rendered unconscious, continued to stand and vocalize, and started to bleed from the nose. The employee delivered a second shot to the goat’s head with the same rifle but failed to render it unconscious. The employee provided immediate corrective actions and administered a third shot to goat’s head and successfully rendered it unconscious. This noncompliance violates 9 CFR 313.16(a)(1). Plant management was notified verbally and in writing of this non-compliance. On postmortem examination it was confirmed that there were three points of entry into the goat’s head.
