It had all the makings of a Hallmark movie, this tale of the girl and the goat. Instead, it’s made the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office and the Shasta District Fair look like Cruella de Vil after they ...

A 9-year-old girl in California brought her beloved pet goat to a fair for a livestock auction last June. Someone bid on the goat, but the girl, not wanting to part with the animal, didn't give it up.

The legal battle over a 9-year-old’s pet goat that was slaughtered after her family backed out of the Shasta District Fair continued this week after the California Department of Food and Agriculture ...

A federal civil lawsuit alleges that sheriff's deputies from Shasta County, California, traveled across the state to seize a little girl's "beloved pet goat" for slaughter. New reporting details how ...

A California girl was awarded $300,000 in a settlement with police who went out of their way to seize and butcher her beloved pet goat, according to reports. Jessica Long’s daughter — who was just 9 ...

The 15-page search warrant and affidavit was very specific about the target Shasta County sheriff’s officials were after. “The location is a single family residence in a rural residential area,” the ...

Several weeks ago, the story of a young girl and her goat named Cedar made the rounds across a range of media outlets. The Los Angeles Times was the first publication to give the sad tale fresh life ...

Jessica Long’s 9-year-old daughter brought the family’s goat, Cedar, to the Shasta District Fair and Event Center in Anderson, Calif., 150 miles north of Sacramento, last year to sell him for ...

Every day for three months, Jessica Long’s young daughter walked and fed her goat, bonding with the brown and white floppy-eared animal named Cedar. But when it was time for Cedar to be sold and ...

The 15-page search warrant and affidavit was very specific about the target Shasta County sheriff’s officials were after. “The location is a single family residence in a rural residential area,” the ...