Overview

• Cedar, a 7-month-old goat owned by a 9-year-old girl, was auctioned off at a Shasta County fair in California, but the family had second thoughts and offered to pay any losses to keep the pet from being slaughtered.
• Despite the family's efforts, Cedar was seized by sheriff's officials and taken to slaughter, sparking a federal civil rights lawsuit by the family and a countersuit by California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office.
• The case has garnered national attention, with over 16 million impressions on tweets about Cedar's case and petitions seeking justice for Cedar obtaining over 120,000 supporters.
• New court filings reveal the lengths officials went to ensure Cedar was slaughtered, and the intense public backlash they faced.
• The family's lawyers are still trying to determine what happened to Cedar’s remains after it was slaughtered.