Prather Ranch News Today

Technically, humane slaughter became law in the United States with the 1958 Humane Slaughter Act, intended to prevent the "needless suffering” of livestock during slaughter. But while it's one thing to understand slaughter practices on a theoretical level, it's another to be in the same room when a cow dies.

County officials said well-drillers are so busy they will not even return a phone call.

The company had a down spell in the fall as a Southern California meat labeling scandal caused a ripple effect for its Northern California operations.