Little girl was part of a county fair agro-educational program where they raise an animal for a few months and at the end itâs slaughtered. Supposed to teach them about the economics of farming and stuff.
But the little girl loved her goat so much she was crying on the day her goat was supposed to be taken away, so her mom sent the county fair people an email saying âIâll pay for the goat and any expenses. Weâve had several deaths in the family in the past year, I donât wanna take away one more thing my little girl loves.â Technically the goat had already been sold at auction, so the mom was on the hook for about $1000, only about $70 of which would have been profit for the county fair.
The county fair people were irate and got law enforcement involved, over this âbreach of contractâ. They literally got a fucking judge to sign a search warrant, authorizing them to go to this little girlâs house and search every room and every cabinet or box âlarge enough to contain a small goatâ. The sheriffâs deputies seized the goat, and whoever they gave it to immediately slaughtered it, though they were supposed to wait until some kind of agreement had been worked out.
In the county fairâs initial email correspondence with the girlâs mother, they made it clear that they were pissed off because the story of the little girl who loved her goat was circulating on social media making them look bad, and they felt the girl needed to be taught a lesson about keeping your promises or whatever. So they refused the motherâs offer to pay for it, and insisted they get the goat. Even if it meant sending the fucking cops into her house lmao.
