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Texas teen poisoned rival’s goat because she ‘doesn’t like cheaters,’ cops say
(www.independent.co.uk)
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I wonder what cheating in particular this twit was even talking about. The article doesn't say. I don't know how you can cheat in... Goats? IDK I'm not a redneck. Maybe the victim was dating the culprit's cousin and cheated on them or something? People can be fucking dumb.
FFA and 4H have rules regarding the raising of show livestock that basically boil down to "you gotta take care of the animal."
You're not allowed to bring in help outside of your immediate family, you're not allowed to "excessively" engage consultants, which is generally anything outside of the normal education you'd receive going through that program. And there's a bunch of rules for where and how you house the animal. Several of which are in place to ensure that you cannot send it off to someone to train or care for it for any length of time.
There's a significant amount of money on the line. These animals go to auction, and while it's not typical, especially not for goats, they can bring in 6 figures. College educations are frequently paid for by these auctions. For a lot of kids that's the plan.
So cheating happens.
My neighbor's daughter just let a pregnant pig die in birth because she was too stupid and incompetent to check on it during labor for 4 hours
They're out 1600 bucks and have to get another one or they're not gonna get the 4H certification or whatever
I'm very tempted to see if I can report them as such complete failures that they shouldn't ever be given another chance. Because they are, and shouldn't ever be allowed animal ownership