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California girl, 9, sues state fair after her pet goat was sold and BARBECUED after her mom entered it for auction - and cops are sent hundreds of miles to retrieve it when family took it back
Daily Mail UK ^ | March 30, 2023 | Claudia Aoraha

Posted on 03/30/2023 12:50:41 PM PDT by Morgana

A woman has sued a California county and its district fair after her daughter's pet goat was sold for $902, slaughtered, and barbecued despite the family wanting to withdraw its entry for auction.

Jessica Long's family bought Cedar the goat, a seven-month-old white Boer, in April 2022 and the animal soon formed an attachment to her nine-year-old daughter - who fed and cared for it everyday.

However, the family decided to enter Cedar into the Shasta District Fair’s junior livestock auction on June 24, 2022 - where the animals are sold off to be used as meat.

But long before the auction started, the Long family changed their minds and wanted to take Cedar off the ticket. The fair denied the request and sold it - so the mom brazenly stole the goat back before it was given to the buyer.

What followed was a wild goat chase - sending officers hundreds of miles across the county to retrieve the goat via a search warrant, before handing it to individuals who are believed to have killed Cedar and roasted him on a barbecue for their guests.

The federal civil rights lawsuit lodged by the Long family, seen by the Sacramento Bee, is now demanding actual, general and punitive damages. It wants to establish the young girl’s 'free expression or viewpoint with respect to livestock in future livestock activities.'

Cedar, described as a beloved white goat with beautiful chocolate-colored markings, was sold at the Shasta District Fair for $902 to a representative of state Senator Brian Dahle.

The mother, after seeing her daughter sob by the goat's pen at the fair, decided to steal back the animal at the last minute and 'deal with the consequences later.'

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: auction; goatmeat; goats; livestockauction; statefair; theft
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To: Myrddin

You have NO idea how LOUD they can be ALL NIGHT long!


41 posted on 03/30/2023 2:43:13 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Myrddin

You have NO idea how LOUD they can be ALL NIGHT long!


42 posted on 03/30/2023 2:43:16 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: NorthMountain

Never name something you may eat. Love rabbit but I’d rather field dress a deer than a rabbit. How can something that small have that much stink?


43 posted on 03/30/2023 3:30:27 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: Dutch Boy
I never had BBQ goat. It sounds pretty good. I do like a good stewed curry goat served over rice.

I do, too. There's a Subcontinental eatery down in Fullerton that serves up a good goat curry with basmati rice and garlic naan.

44 posted on 03/30/2023 3:47:09 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: 21twelve
The hostess said “I’m afraid not - the hamburgers you are eating are Norman.

We met a lady at the supermarket who keeps chickens.

We asked if she named them. She said, "No."

I said, I would. I'd name them, "Monday," "Tuesday," "Lunch," "Dinner."

She chuckled.

45 posted on 03/30/2023 4:02:08 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: Morgana
Cedar, described as a beloved white goat with beautiful chocolate-colored markings, was sold at the Shasta District Fair for $902 to a representative of state Senator Brian Dahle.

No doubt, wanted to pocket the $902 as well as keep the goat.

46 posted on 03/30/2023 4:03:17 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: cyclotic
The girls mom is an idiot.

Or, a liberal democrat, but then I repeat myself.

With apologies to Mark Twain.

47 posted on 03/30/2023 4:05:06 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: NorthMountain
One evening, they had fried Steve for dinner. The boys weren’t too happy about it, but it was the depression ... They didn’t name any more rabbits. And I learned, at a very young age, not to name livestock.

Just name them appropriately. ("Monday," "Tuesday," "Wednesday.")

48 posted on 03/30/2023 4:07:40 PM PDT by Ol' Dan Tucker (For 'tis the sport to have the engineer hoist with his own petard., -- Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 4)
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To: OldWarBaby

It’s a youth auction, used to raise funds for their education, to spur on their animal husbandry aspirations, and of course, as a way to prop up the buyers in the community by showing how ‘they’re giving back.’

The prices are not reflective of the current meat market. There usually aren’t restaurants bidding on such animals (unless they plan on having some type of youth feast and need to splash to garner attention and praise from perspective clients and guests.)


49 posted on 03/30/2023 4:08:47 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: Dutch Boy
I never had BBQ goat. It sounds pretty good. I do like a good stewed curry goat served over rice.

Deep pit BBQ goat is great. My relatives used to make it. We had a huge party where we had deep-pitted beef, lamb, goat, and pork. All were raised and slaughtered there, where they ate premium food, got to graze, etc. After cooking, the meat was separated in pulled-pork style.

We didn't even think to tell the guests what the different meats were, we just let them pick. The chevon was everyone's favorite by a huge margin and ran out way before anything else. It had a nice, red color, plus better grain and flavor than the other meats.

Some people asked what it was because it was the runaway favorite at the BBQ. When we told them it was chevon, and further explained what "chevon" was to them, a lot looked horrified and acted like we had just fed them dog.

50 posted on 03/30/2023 4:19:31 PM PDT by SIDENET (Whatever they're threatening, the vaxx is worse. Don't give in to coercion. )
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To: Boogieman

Excellent point.


51 posted on 03/30/2023 4:24:00 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Morgana

This is an OLD story.


52 posted on 03/30/2023 4:24:40 PM PDT by Osage Orange
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To: Reno89519

Always name the beef steer Chuck.


53 posted on 03/30/2023 4:27:53 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Mean Daddy

I have skinned and gutted a lot of cottontail rabbit in the Ozarks, none ever stank. Maybe your rabbits eat some weird. foul plant in your area?


54 posted on 03/30/2023 4:33:57 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: SIDENET

I’ve never done deep pit BBQ. It sounds like something that would be very dangerous for me to learn. I’d need to spend half my retirement buying stretchy waistband pants.


55 posted on 03/30/2023 4:41:59 PM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: Boogieman

Bingo. Should have made the winning bid, paid themselves and took the goat home.


56 posted on 03/30/2023 5:16:52 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: Dutch Boy

A friend used to raise them and have a party each summer.

One unfortunate summer as he was slowly roasting the goat at zero dark thirty a gust of wind blew some embers from the BBQ pit into the empty pen setting the straw on fire and leaping next to the garage!

His screaming brought his wife out who wanted to call the fire department.

NO!NO!NO! He said, “THEY WILL DRINK ALL THE BEER!”

The garage was nicely toasted but the tubs of iced beer were saved by the garden hose.


57 posted on 03/30/2023 6:16:38 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messa)
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To: Morgana

Here’s my question:

What kind of mother decides to auction an animal which they never intended to slaughter themselves and with which the daughter became attached as a pet?

and THEN brazenly breaks the law with no regard for the consequences...

and THEN sues the auction with whom she’d entered into a contract?

My take on the answer:

A lib.


58 posted on 03/30/2023 6:57:10 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Morgana
City people. Boer is a meat goat. Typically child gets animal at a discount, learns the lesson of caring for it, shows it state fair, then auction off.

The lesson for the parent is they should have bid at auction to win the animal. Would have been cheaper than legal fees.

59 posted on 03/30/2023 7:05:12 PM PDT by HonkyTonkMan ( )
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To: piasa

Eastern Nebraska. Went hunting with a buddy once & we didn’t see any pheasants but ran into a spot that was loaded with rabbits. My buddy starts blasting and asking me why I’m not shooting them & I told him they stink and didn’t want to bother with them. Took them home and I showed him how to dress one and left him with about a dozen left to dress. Next day I asked him about it and he said he dumped the rest.


60 posted on 03/30/2023 7:10:37 PM PDT by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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