A teenager in Texas is going through a felony cost after allegedly killing a rival competitor’s present goat a few months in the past.
An arrest affidavit confirmed 17-year-old Aubrey Vanlandingham, who competes in livestock reveals together with her personal goat, allegedly admitted to poisoning Willy, a youthful competitor’s goat, CBS Austin reported.
Vanlandingham is accused of utilizing a drench gun to force-feed Willy a poisonous pesticide contained in the Vista Ridge Excessive Faculty’s barn facility on Oct. 23, finally killing the 6-month-old goat, in accordance with the outlet. Safety footage allegedly confirmed the goat attempting to flee the encounter.
{The teenager} was allegedly seen leaving Willy and returning to test on him two separate instances throughout a two-hour interval earlier than calling the rival competitor’s mom to inform her the goat wasn’t doing properly.
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Aubrey Vanlandingham, 17, is accused of killing a rival competitor’s present goat by force-feeding it pesticide. (Williamson County Sheriff’s Workplace)
Willy died in his proprietor’s arms inside 24 hours after experiencing convulsions and respiratory misery, CBS Austin mentioned.
Vanlandingham allegedly admitted to killing her rival’s goat as a result of she thought the 15-year-old was “a cheater,” the outlet reported from the arrest affidavit. She had tried to kill Willy earlier than, however was unsuccessful.
Vanlandingham was additionally a present competitor together with her goat, Lacey. (Ben Hasty/MediaNews Group/Studying Eagle through Getty Photos)
Willy’s reason for loss of life was decided to be organophosphate intoxication from phosmet, a pesticide used for exterior parasite management in livestock.
The mom of the 15-year-old lady instructed the DailyMail that Vanlandingham does not look like remorseful.
“It’s all bizarre. We want justice served, we don’t want a slap on the wrist. We want to make sure that she is punished. At this point, we don’t feel like she thinks she’s going to be punished and she needs to be. She needs to take ownership for what she’s done,” she instructed the outlet, including that they need her to go to jail and get psychological assist.
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A police investigation into Vanlandingham’s cellphone revealed that she allegedly looked for info on deadly doses of bleach for animals and poisoning strategies, in accordance with CBS Austin. She additionally allegedly searched “how to clear search history.”
The 15-year-old’s mom decided Vanlandingham’s alleged crime was fueled by jealousy, not dishonest.
“You can’t even cheat when it comes to showing goats,” she instructed the DailyMail. “It makes no sense, so that’s where the jealousy really kind of falls into place.”
Goats arriving on the Houston Livestock Present and Rodeo in Houston, Texas. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle through Getty Photos)
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Vanlandingham was charged with cruelty to livestock animals, which is a felony in Texas punishable by as much as two years in jail. She was arrested on Nov. 22 and launched on a $5,000 bond the identical day, jail data present.
Her court docket date is ready for Jan. 15.
