When Cedar the goat was sold at a county fair livestock auction in 2022 for $902, he was earmarked to be slaughtered and served at a barbecue, even as his sobbing 9-year-old owner and her mother tried in vain to void the sale and spirit him away.

Shasta County will pay a partial six-figure settlement to the family of the girl who owned Cedar the goat, two years after Shasta deputies seized the animal for slaughter after she pulled the goat out of a fair auction triggering tears,

Jessica Long and her 11-year-old daughter won a $300,000 settlement after Shasta County sheriff's deputies 'improperly seized' their pet goat named Cedar in 2022

The girl and her family reached a settlement after accusing the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office of unlawfully seizing a pet goat that was sold and slaughtered.

California sheriff’s deputies have been forced to pay a girl’s family $300,000 after taking her pet goat and sending it to slaughter. Jessica Long purchased the goat, named Cedar, in 2022 for her daughter who was enrolled in a youth development program in California.

The woman had bought the goat for her daughter who called him Cedar or Cedes. The girl initially raised the goat to be auctioned at the Shasta District Fair but got attached to the cattle.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — A lawsuit accusing Shasta County officials of improperly seizing a 9-year-old girl’s goat ended Friday with a settlement. Shasta County and its sheriff’s office, along with a lieutenant and two detectives, agreed to settle the infamous viral case of Cedar the goat for $300,000.