California County Ordered to Pay Thousands to Girl After Sending Cops to Take Away Her Pet Goat Shasta County has agreed to pay $300,000 to a young girl after sheriff's deputies sent her goat to slaughter. Latin Times · Nov 5, 2024
California sheriff seized and slaughtered 9-old girl’s beloved pet goat. Now they owe her $300k Jessica Long bought Cedar the goat for her daughter little knowing a two year legal battle would follow The Independent UK · Nov 5, 2024
US family reaches settlement after child’s goat was seized and slaughtered Family receives $300,000 after technicalities of a California county fair led to the death of their daughter’s goat, Cedar The Guardian - US · Nov 5, 2024
Before Peanut The Squirrel, California Deputies Seized And Barbecued A Pet Goat; 9-Year-Old Owner Wins $300K In Lawsuit The story of Cedar the Goat sheds light on government overreach in pet seizures, echoing recent outrage over Peanut the Squirrel. International Business Times UK · Nov 3, 2024
Socceroos’ chaotic win over Lebanon marred by injuries Australia beat the Cedars 2-0 in the first of two World Cup qualifiers, with Keanu Baccus and Kye Rowles scoring their first international goals The Guardian - AU · Mar 21, 2024
Leeds dog breeder's 'loving' puppy 'malnourished' after being 'neglected' by owners Dog Cedar now needs £10,000 worth of treatment after he was left 'malnourished' by his new owners Leeds Live · May 10, 2023
Police Traveled 500 Miles To Seize Girl's Pet Goat for Slaughter A 9-year-old backed out of a deal to sell her pet goat for slaughter. Local officials and sheriff's deputies used the power of the state to force her to go through with it. Reason · Mar 31, 2023
A California girl wanted to keep her baby goat alive. Her county fair killed it anyway Last April, Jessica Long’s family bought a 4-month-old goat and took it to their Shasta County, California, home, where Long’s young daughter named it Cedar, feeding and caring for it and bonding with it as she “would have bonded with a puppy.” Tribune News Service · Sep 7, 2022
A girl wanted to keep the goat she raised for a county fair. They chose to kill it A California lawsuit brought by the girl’s parents accuses law enforcement of traveling hundreds of miles to confiscate a beloved pet The Guardian - US · Sep 2, 2022