An 11-year-old girl's pet goat was caught and slaughtered in California, USA. The Shasta County Sheriff's Office is accused of assisting in the act. If this allegation is proved, the court ordered the sheriff's office to pay a fine of three lakh dollars or three crore 58 lakh taka. The court ordered this on November 1.
This information is known in a report of the American media New York Post.
2022 events. The girl fed the goat named Cedar. The family registered the goat for the younger cattle auction at the Shasta District Fair. But later the girl refused to give the goat in any way. It is also requested not to be auctioned by the family; But the fair authorities said - there is no opportunity to withdraw the name.
The girl's mother, Jessica Long, sued the sheriff's office in federal court for selling and slaughtering the goat despite the family's best efforts to save the animal. Ms. Long even took Cedar 200 miles (320 km) to a farm in Sonoma County for safekeeping.
Meanwhile, Shasta District Fair CEO BJ McFarlane threatened Long with grand theft charges if he did not return the goats. Two Shasta County Sheriff's deputies later went to the farm and seized the goat. Law enforcement officers did not have a warrant to search the farm and seize Cedar, court documents added.
Ignoring the family's pleas, Cedar was sold at auction for $902 for the meat. Out of which the fair authorities get 63 dollars. Later the goat is slaughtered.
Mrs. Long said that this incident caused her daughter great pain. She cried a lot.