Prusci called animal control, which took the goat to a local vet. He was renamed Brett and placed in foster care.It's a sad day in this country when you can't slaughter your own livestock.Animal control officer Wendy Peterson said Monday the city attorney is reviewing the case for possible citations.
Oh, I think that it would have been OK if she’d let it ride in back seat. With a seat belt, of course. But not in the trunk.....
I’m with you, isn’t this unconstitutional? They confiscated her property when she was legally transporting it and going to butcher it. Our government is out of control and what is really sad is there are a bunch of FReepers who think they are conservative who will jump in and uphold the tyranny of this.
I don’t think the issue was her slaughtering her own livestock, as many farmers and butchers slaughter animals quite frequently and nobody except Peta complains or calls the local authorities. However, farmers don’t paint their animals and then stick them in the trunk of a sedan in the middle of summer.
If that had been a ‘cute’ animal like a dog or cat in the trunk, or even a child in the backseat, people would be up in arms over the situation. Just because an animal will eventually be killed and eaten doesn’t mean anyone’s allowed to mistreat it until then.
Also, it doesn’t mention where the lady got the goat, if it was even her goat to begin with, whether she had the slightest experience caring for goats and/or properly and humanely butchering them, etc, etc. I highly doubt anyone would’ve called animal control if the goat had been in the possession of a farmer or butcher and was being transported in a suitable way.