$902 for a goat? They sell for like $50 there's something weird going on here. I suspect the buyer intended to cause distress.

Judge Monique McKee signed one on July 8, permitting officers to 'utilize breaching equipment to force open doorway(s), entry doors, exit doors, and locked containers in pursuit of their target.'

Cops then raided Bleating Hearts Farm and Sanctuary in Napa - but the goat was not being hidden there.

Instead, Cedar was being kept at an unnamed Sonoma County farm that Long had emailed in a desperate bid to save the animal from slaughter.

Vanessa Shakib, Jessica Long's lawyer Two officers then rushed to the other farm, despite having no search warrant for that location, nor a warrant to seize Cedar from there, according to the lawsuit.

They took the goat - and drove more than 200 miles back before delivering it to an unnamed individual at the fair 'for slaughter/destruction' - despite the fact that the warrant required them to hold the goat for a court hearing to determine its lawful owner, the lawsuit alleged

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11920611/amp/California-girl-9-sues-state-fair-pet-goat-sold-BARBECUED.html

another takeaway: cops are shitty people without the discernment to handle the power they aspire to wield.

Sooo, the family decided to sell the goat at an auction that specifically says it s for meat, probably realized they werent getting that much money for it and wanted it back. I'm betting they signed a contract that said it was the state fair's, now, and all of this emotional hogwash is trying to manipulate people into thinking she wasnt an actual criminal for stealing property back.

If you replace the goat in this for a $1,000 laptop or whatever, its eye opening how stupid this story is.

As for the warrantless search, that other farm should sue the pants off of the sherriffs and get a multimillion dollar settlement. Although in CA, they wont get it.