Lawyer isn't kidding; files defamation suit against men who glare at goats

Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly reports a lawyer has filed "the first libel and defamation lawsuit brought on behalf of a herd of goats."

In the suit, filed in federal district court in Springfield, the herd of Nigerian dwarf goats alleges continued baad behavior on the part of two rival breeders - who are also judges at goat shows - including repeatedly bleating out rumors that the goats are "impure." Not for mutton, one of the allegations was that the goats were being bred with larger goats to produce offspring with bigger udders, which apparently judges, if not male goats, find more attractive. The lawsuit also gruffly charges the two butted heads with the herd's breeder at a show in Grafton, accusing him of being a cross dresser.

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