The saga over the slaughter of Cedar the goat continues to unfold and now both parties involved have filed lawsuits over the family’s decision to take the goat and fair officials’ actions to locate ...

Cedar the goat was sold in June 2022 at a Shasta District Fair livestock auction, but the family that owned the goat had second thoughts and offered to pay any losses to keep the animal from being ...

Shasta County sheriff’s Lt. Jerry Fernandez made the call around 9 p.m. on July 8, 2022, reporting on his way back to Redding from Napa County that his mission had been a success. “We got him,” ...

It's a devastating story. A little girl loved her pet goat more than anything, but California auction officials ended up killing and barbecuing the animal. The auction got the law involved. California ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The 15-page search warrant and affidavit was very specific about the target Shasta County sheriff’s officials were after. “The location is a single family residence in a rural ...

REDDING, Calif. – A Northern California family is filing a federal lawsuit against sheriff's deputies for seizing a young girl's pet goat, Cedar, which was later slaughtered at a local auction. Shasta ...

WEST FARGO — A story out of California is focusing attention on fairs and animal auctions after a girl pulled her goat from the auction block and a fair association directed law enforcement officers ...

Last April, Jessica Long’s family bought a 4-month-old goat and took it to their Shasta County home, where Long’s young daughter named it Cedar, feeding and caring for it and bonding with it as she ...