Abstract: This invention relates to an animal handling machine, in which at least one animal may be held for operation or inspection in an operating station while another animal is trapped in a receiving station. On completion of an operation on the first-mentioned animal, the machine may be operated to simultaneously transfer the trapped animal in the receiving station to the operating station and transfer the first-mentioned animal from the operating station to a release station, thereby allowing for the operation or inspection of individual animals or a large number of such animals in a continuous manner.