California sheriff’s deputies have been forced to pay a girl’s family $300,000 after taking her pet goat and sending it to ...

The girl and her family reached a settlement after accusing the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office of unlawfully seizing a pet ...

A 9-year-old girl who fell in love with the goat she raised for the Shasta District Fair was heartbroken when deputies, ...

Sheriff’s deputies had seized the goat, named Cedar, in 2022 while he was staying at a Northern California farm. They ...

Though the family tried to remove the goat before bidding began ... We continue to litigate against the California fair entity and related employees, and 4-H volunteer.” Shasta County Sheriff’s ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A lawsuit accusing Shasta County officials of improperly seizing a 9-year-old girl’s goat ended ...

“We continue to litigate against the California fair entity and related employees, and 4-H volunteer.” The girl will receive ...

The woman had bought the goat for her daughter who called him Cedar or Cedes. The girl initially raised the goat to be ...

Ignoring the family's plea, Cedar was sold for $902, of which the fair was owed $63 and eventually slaughtered, leaving the girl inconsolable.

A California county has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands to settle a lawsuit after its sheriff's deputies took a 9-year-old girl's pet goat and sent it to slaughter. In 2022, Jessica Long purchased ...