Cedar the goat was sold at auction, destined for the dinner table. But his owner, a 9-year-old girl, loved him too much for that. She decided, instead, to save him. Then the sheriff came and took ...

California sheriff’s deputies have been forced to pay a girl’s family $300,000 after taking her pet goat and sending it to slaughter. Jessica Long purchased the goat, named Cedar, in 2022 for her ...

A California family has reached a $300,000 settlement with law enforcement officials who took a girl’s goat and handed it over for slaughter (Advancing Law for Animals) California sheriff’s deputies ...