Jessica Long's 9-year-old daughter brought the family's goat, Cedar, to the Shasta District Fair and Event Center in Anderson, Calif., 150 miles north of Sacramento, last year to sell him for ...

It’s 9 o’clock on a foggy morning in late September, and two dozen young Jews have gathered in a field to watch nine goats get shechted — slaughtered according to Jewish law. Most are fellows in the ...

A California girl was awarded $300,000 in a settlement with police who went out of their way to seize and butcher her beloved pet goat, according to reports. Jessica Long’s daughter — who was just 9 ...

Several weeks ago, the story of a young girl and her goat named Cedar made the rounds across a range of media outlets. The Los Angeles Times was the first publication to give the sad tale fresh life ...

For $10 you can handpick a chicken, have it slaughtered, cleaned and bagged — all while you wait. If your preference is goat, prices range from $40 to $130, depending on the size of the animal. Have ...

Seventeen months after Shasta County deputies and fair officials tracked down a 9-year-old girl’s pet goat and had it slaughtered after the girl backed out of a 4-H auction, California Attorney ...

A mobile slaughter operation in Washington cuts travel time for livestock producers. (Photo: USDA) Small producers raising goats, sheep and swine will likely benefit from a bill signed into law last ...

WILLMAR — With one success under their belt, it might not be a total surprise that the owners of the first USDA-inspected mobile poultry processing facility in the country would also be behind the ...

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 ...

You may not be aware of it, but the demand for goat meat in this country far exceeds the supply. As ethnic populations in the United States grow—and as the traditionally bland American palate grows ...