A lawsuit has been filed against a California county and its district fair by a woman on behalf of her daughter. The lawsuit claims that her daughter’s pet goat, named Cedar, was sold for $902, slaughtered, and barbecued.
Jessica Long’s family purchased Cedar, a seven-month-old white Boer goat, in April 2022. The animal became attached to her nine-year-old daughter who took care of it daily.
However, on June 24, 2022, the family decided to enter Cedar into the Shasta District Fair’s junior livestock auction. They later changed their minds but the fair denied their request and sold Cedar anyway.
The mother then took back the goat, but the police later retrieved it with a search warrant, before it was reportedly killed and barbecued by individuals.
The federal civil rights lawsuit, which demands actual, general, and punitive damages, aims to establish the young girl’s “free expression or viewpoint with respect to livestock in future livestock activities.”
The mother’s email to the Shasta District Fair expressed her heartbreak and her decision to bring back the goat despite the consequences.
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