Colorado State Fair Controversy

Margaret "Maggie" Weinroth was a participate at the 2011 Colorado State Fair

Colorado State Fair

Colorado State Fair is a event held annually in Pueblo, Colorado. The Fair has been a traditional since October 9, 1872. The fair was originally held by the Southern Colorado Agricultural and Industrial Association and received no cash assistance from the community or the State. It was incorporated...

 where she won Grand Champion Market Goat Overall with a goat named Theodore. After the show, it was determined that the goat was drugged with an illegal substance. She lost her $5,500 in premiums and may face criminal charges. The news became somewhat of an internet sensation, with over 200 articles around the world about the incident, reach as far as Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

 and New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

. The drug used was ractopamine

Ractopamine

Ractopamine is a drug that is used as a feed additive to promote leanness in pigs raised for their meat. Pharmacologically, it is a beta-adrenoceptor agonist. It is the active ingredient in products known as Paylean for swine and Optaflexx for cattle, developed by Elanco Animal Health, a division...

, which was found by doing tests on the urine, blood, and tissues.