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Texas teenager accused of using poison to kill rival’s competition show goat (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] 35 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Fucked up hillbillies poisoning each other's animals is normal? Damn it america

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The show world can get super competitive. If you end up with a prize animal, you can bring home a good amount of money from auction.

    Not to mention, for some, its very personal due to the time invested. These kids can put sometimes up to a year, if not more, into raising an animal for a show. They feed them special and care for them in very serious ways, to make them look perfect for a show. It's like beauty pagent moms, but with kid brains.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago

    I feel like there is a line somewhere between sabotaging your competition to get ahead on this year competition and doing something to end the competition career of your adversaries.

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