Eric Knock sitting by the cattle shoot.

It was September 2022 when Knock, a Miller, S.D., veterinarian with 15 years of experience, was working with a crew to ultrasound and pregnancy-check heifers in a producer’s pasture. As he finished treating a bull, he stood up next to the chute. At the exact moment, the chute squeeze gate was released to free the bull, causing Knock’s skull to become pinched between the chute frame and squeeze mechanism. Read Story