Abstract: An automatic animal-chute system has at least one animal-chute control panel (1) on which chute-component controls (2) are positioned in control communication with component actuators (3) of operational components (4) of an animal chute (5) that is structurally formed for receiving an animal, retaining the animal for administering desired animal-care treatment to it and then releasing the animal. The component actuators can include pneumatic component actuators (19, 21, 22, 26, 27, 31, 57, 58, 59, 60), hydraulic component actuators (35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41), electric component actuators (20, 25, 30, 34) and servomechanism actuators (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56). The operational components can include a back gate (13) to the animal chute, a head gate (14) of the animal chute and animal-side squeezers (15). The animal chute can be structurally formed for receiving and retaining a select range of sizes of animals.