9 year old girl, Cedar, sues California state fair after her pet goat was sold and barbecued
A woman has sued a California county and its district fair on behalf of her daughter whose pet goat was sold for $902, slaughtered, and barbecued.
Jessica Long‘s family bought Cedar, a seven-month-old white Boer goat, in April 2022 and the animal soon formed an attachment to her nine-year-old daughter who fed and cared for it every day.
However, on June 24, 2022, the family decided to enter Cedar into the Shasta District Fair’s junior livestock auction 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.
The mom then brazenly stole the goat back before it was given to the buyer.
Subsequently, police officers travelled hundreds of miles across the county to retrieve the goat with a search warrant, before handing it to individuals who are believed to have killed Cedar and roasted him on a barbecue for their guests.