# Girl didn't want her goat slaughtered; officials sent deputies after it

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**Created:** [April 1, 2023, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-didnt-want-her-goat-slaughtered-officials-sent-deputies-after-it/981992 "2023-04-01T15:54:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![echoreply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/echoreply/32/3641_2.png) [@echoreply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/echoreply)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-didnt-want-her-goat-slaughtered-officials-sent-deputies-after-it/981992/181 "2024-11-02T03:45:14Z")

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Shasta county has settled, and is paying the family $300,000. From the article it seems that it is still unknown who exactly ordered the seizure and butchering.

Lawsuits against 4-H and Fair employees are still outstanding.

> **[After deputies took her pet goat to be butchered, girl wins $300,000 from...](https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-11-01/after-deputies-took-her-pet-goat-to-be-butchered-girl-wins-300-000-from-shasta-county)**
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> Shasta County agreed to pay $300,000 to settle a lawsuit over a decision to use deputies to seize a girl's pet goat to be slaughtered. It's still unclear who instructed the sheriff's deputies to get involved.

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**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2024, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/girl-didnt-want-her-goat-slaughtered-officials-sent-deputies-after-it/981992/182 "2024-11-02T04:05:18Z")

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> [@echoreply](#):
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> Lawsuits against 4-H and Fair employees are still outstanding.

Perhaps _they’ll_ get a lesson in responsibility now.

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