A nine-year-old girl scored an impressive win in her fight for justice after her beloved pet goat was taken by California county deputies, butchered and barbecued. The ordeal unfolded when Cedar ...

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Long bought a white-and-brown Boer goat for her daughter, identified as E.L. in court documents, in April 2022. The girl named him Cedar, and she fed and walked him for nearly three months “as a ...

A 9-year-old girl who fell in love with the goat she raised for the Shasta District Fair was heartbroken when deputies, wielding a search warrant, confiscated the furry livestock, taking him away ...

A girl in Northern California whose beloved pet goat was seized by sheriff's deputies and taken to slaughter has won a $300,000 settlement. Jessica Long filed a civil lawsuit on behalf of her then ...

Shasta County will pay a partial six-figure settlement to the family of the girl who owned Cedar the goat, two years after Shasta deputies seized the animal for slaughter after she pulled the goat ...