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Dani Anguiano in Los Angeles

A girl wanted to keep the goat she raised for a county fair. They chose to kill it

A girl wearing white pants and shirt can be seen from the waist down holding a lop-eared goat.
A California girl became attached to Cedar, a goat she was raising to sell at the county fair livestock auction. Photograph: Advancing Law for Animals

When a young California girl purchased a baby goat last spring, the intention was to eventually sell it at a county fair livestock auction. But after feeding and caring for the animal for months, she bonded with the goat, named Cedar, and wanted to keep it.

Instead, law enforcement officers allegedly travelled hundreds of miles to confiscate the pet, who was eventually slaughtered.

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