Nov 7 (Reuters) - When Cedar the goat was sold at a county ... Not long after, Cedar was slaughtered. It’s unclear from the record what happened to his meat. Animal law expert Kristen Stilt ...

Shasta sheriff’s officials obtained a warrant and traveled hundreds of miles to Sonoma County to seize the goat and return it to Shasta County so it could be slaughtered for meat. The girl ...

Jessica Long and her daughter sued Shasta County, California, officials in 2022 after sheriff’s deputies seized the girl’s goat, Cedar, who was later killed.

They finally located the goat and seized him without a warrant ... he was handed over to fair personnel, who slaughtered him and threw his meat in among the selections at a community barbecue.

The same year, the family entered the animal into the Shasta County District Fair junior livestock, where animals can be auctioned off for meat. Before the bidding started though ... whose ...

The same year, the family entered the animal into the Shasta County District Fair junior livestock, where animals can be auctioned off for meat ... the goat was eventually taken to slaughter ...

Cedar, who was about 7 months old, was auctioned off for $902. Fearing the goat would be slaughtered for his meat, Long’s daughter cried and refused to leave the animal to fair officials ...