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9-year-old girl wanted to save her goat from slaughter. Then came the warrant

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> Cedar had been purchased in April 2022 by Long for her 9-year-old daughter > “She loved him as a family pet,” the lawsuit says. > The family entered Cedar into the Shasta District Fair’s junior livestock auction on June 24, 2022,

> Long wrote that she had communicated with Dahle’s office, which did not object to the goat being saved from slaughter.

> “I will pay you back for the goat and any other expenses I caused,” Long wrote. “I would like to ask for your support in finding a solution.”

The buyer was fine with the withdrawal of the sale, however the middleman got angry:

> “As a mother I am not unsympathetic regarding your daughter and her love for her animal,” Shasta District Fair Chief Executive Officer Melanie Silva emailed Long the next day. “Having said that please understand the fair industry is set up to teach our youth responsibility and for the future generations of ranchers and farmers to learn the process and effort it takes to raise quality meat.

Re: 9-year-old girl wanted to save her goat from slaughter. Then came the warrant

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She sold livestock at auction, and then stole the livestock back. The police took the livestock back to the auction, and it got barbecued.

She sold livestock at auction. After sale she offered to buy it back from the buyer, who agreed. The auction house decided that regardless of their amicable agreement the goat needed to be killed. The auction house then utilized their connections with the police, who used taxpayer money and resources to file criminal charges, get a warrant, took the goat, and returned it to the auction house, who then killed it and fed it to people. All to teach a 9 year old girl that meat comes from animals.

FTFY

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She sold livestock at auction, and then stole the livestock back. The police took the livestock back to the auction, and it got barbecued.

She tried to withdraw the goat from sale and the fair wouldn’t allow them too - talk about heartless people

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She sold livestock at auction, and then stole the livestock back. The police took the livestock back to the auction, and it got barbecued.

She sold livestock at auction. After sale she offered to buy it back from the buyer, who agreed. The auction house decided that regardless of their amicable agreement the goat needed to be killed. The auction house then utilized their connections with the police, who used taxpayer money and resources to file criminal charges, get a warrant, took the goat, and returned it to the auction house, who then killed it and f…

Not objecting is not the same as agreeing to sell it back. If I email your office and ask if I can come take your car, and you don't respond, you didn't object, but you also didn't agree that I can come take your car.

Re: 9-year-old girl wanted to save her goat from slaughter. Then came the warrant

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She sold livestock at auction, and then stole the livestock back. The police took the livestock back to the auction, and it got barbecued.

She tried to withdraw the goat from sale and the fair wouldn’t allow them too - talk about heartless people

The heartless person here is the one who decided to take her daughter's pet goat to a livestock auction (where it was explicitly clear that the goat would be turned into food).

Re: 9-year-old girl wanted to save her goat from slaughter. Then came the warrant

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> Cedar had been purchased in April 2022 by Long for her 9-year-old daughter > “She loved him as a family pet,” the lawsuit says. > The family entered Cedar into the Shasta District Fair’s junior livestock auction on June 24, 2022,

> Long wrote that she had communicated with Dahle’s office, which did not object to the goat being saved from slaughter. > “I will pay you back for the goat and any other expenses I caused,” Long wrote. “I would like to ask for your support in finding a solution.” The buyer was fine with the withdrawal of the sale, however the middleman got angry: > “As a mother I am not unsympathetic regarding your daughter and her…

Had the fair organisers quietly allowed the animal to be returned, one of this controversy would have happened. A bit of common sense would have saved a lot of drama. Now the fair looks terrible.
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