The ruling on one who finds a sheep on the verge of death, slaughters it, and then its owner arrives

He also asks and says: A shepherd in our village found a small female goat that was blind, had broken legs, and was on the verge of dying. He took it and brought it back to his house, where he slaughtered it. He asked the people of the village about this goat but found no one claiming it. After skinning it and weighing it, he found that it weighed seven and a half kilograms, and he put it in the refrigerator. After a week had passed, its owner appeared and gave him the choice between its price and taking the meat. He chose the price, though he was not pleased with the goat being slaughtered. Is there any sin on the shepherd for what he did? Please inform us; may Allah reward you.
Answer: If the situation is as the questioner described, then he owes nothing; because this is considered carrion. It is something discarded and of no use to its owner, who generally does not want it. The one who took it and treated it well is rewarded, and he owes nothing. When its owner learns of it and asks for it, and he gives it to him, there is no harm, and praise be to Allah. Or if he gives him its value, there is no harm; because this is something cast aside, meaning it is discarded, meaning no one desires it. If a believer takes something that its people have discarded because of its lowliness, or because its like is not desired, he owes nothing. For example: a stick, a rope, or things of no importance, such as torn sandals that have no value, and similar things that have no value in the minds of ordinary people. Yes.