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M.B. Mack

California County Ordered to Pay Thousands to Girl After Sending Cops to Take Away Her Pet Goat

BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 20: A child visitor looks at a goat at the 2023 International Green Week (Internationale Gruene Woche) agricultural trade fair on January 20, 2023 in Berlin, Germany. The International Green Week is among the world's biggest agricultural trade fairs and brings together agriculture, food, nutrition and horticulture. This year's fair is the first in full, traditional format since the coronavirus pandemic. The International Green Week is open to the public from January 20-29. (Credit: Maja Hitij/Getty Images)

A California county has agreed to pay hundreds of thousands to settle a lawsuit after its sheriff's deputies took a 9-year-old girl's pet goat and sent it to slaughter.

In 2022, Jessica Long purchased Cedar, the goat, for her daughter to raise for a 4-H program–a youth program focusing on agriculture, leadership, and community, The Sacramento Bee reported.

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