Cedar the goat SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. - A mother of a 9-year-old is suing the Shasta District Fair and Event Center (Shasta Fair Association), the County of Shasta, and the Shasta County Sheriff's Department after allegedly seizing a pet goat named Cedar and slaughtering it, according to a lawsuit.In a lawsuit first filed in August 2022, mother Jessica Long said Shasta Fair Association fair officials used "strong-arm" tactics to forcibly seize a pet belonging to her daughter, referred to as "E.L." using law enforcement.
Long and her lawyers, Ryan R. Gordan and Vanessa T. Shakib with Advancing Law for Animals and Daniel J. Kolde, stated Lt. Jerry Fernandez, Det.
Jacob Duncan, Det. Jeremy Ashbee, and 10 other unnamed deputies violated the Long family's Fourth and 14th amendments in their actions of taking, slaughtering, then barbequing E.L.'s goat from the Sonoma Farm in Sonoma County last July.It all started when E.L., as a member of the local 4-H youth group, participated in a junior livestock auction on June 24, 2022, at the annual Shasta District Fair, the lawsuit said.
Before the bidding took place, the Longs allegedly tried to withdraw their participation in the auction but were denied by fair officials, saying it wasn't allowed.Lawyers for the Longs said no such rules that are "legally enforceable" existed.