229
Texas teen poisoned rival’s goat because she ‘doesn’t like cheaters,’ cops say
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 03 Jan 2025
229 points (97.9% liked)
News
35915 readers
3579 users here now
Welcome to the News community!
Rules:
1. Be civil
Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only. This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban. Do not respond to rule-breaking content; report it and move on.
2. All posts should contain a source (url) that is as reliable and unbiased as possible and must only contain one link.
Obvious biased sources will be removed at the mods’ discretion. Supporting links can be added in comments or posted separately but not to the post body. Sources may be checked for reliability using Wikipedia, MBFC, AdFontes, GroundNews, etc.
3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.
Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.
4. Post titles should be the same as the article used as source. Clickbait titles may be removed.
Posts which titles don’t match the source may be removed. If the site changed their headline, we may ask you to update the post title. Clickbait titles use hyperbolic language and do not accurately describe the article content. When necessary, post titles may be edited, clearly marked with [brackets], but may never be used to editorialize or comment on the content.
5. Only recent news is allowed.
Posts must be news from the most recent 30 days.
6. All posts must be news articles.
No opinion pieces, Listicles, editorials, videos, blogs, press releases, or celebrity gossip will be allowed. All posts will be judged on a case-by-case basis. Mods may use discretion to pre-approve videos or press releases from highly credible sources that provide unique, newsworthy content not available or possible in another format.
7. No duplicate posts.
If an article has already been posted, it will be removed. Different articles reporting on the same subject are permitted. If the post that matches your post is very old, we refer you to rule 5.
8. Misinformation is prohibited.
Misinformation / propaganda is strictly prohibited. Any comment or post containing or linking to misinformation will be removed. If you feel that your post has been removed in error, credible sources must be provided.
9. No link shorteners or news aggregators.
All posts must link to original article sources. You may include archival links in the post description. News aggregators such as Yahoo, Google, Hacker News, etc. should be avoided in favor of the original source link. Newswire services such as AP, Reuters, or AFP, are frequently republished and may be shared from other credible sources.
10. Don't copy entire article in your post body
For copyright reasons, you are not allowed to copy an entire article into your post body. This is an instance wide rule, that is strictly enforced in this community.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
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