Crowds of animal rights protesters are preparing to march on Downing Street on Monday in a bid to save Geronimo the alpaca. "Mr Eustice should call a stay to the killing of Geronimo, and use the public outcry over the fate of this alpaca to review bovine TB testing systems." The campaigners believe that Geronimo is free of TB and that Defra’s tests are highly likely to be inaccurate. They also want to see an end to all further badger cull licences in favour of a vaccination programme for cattle, alpacas and badgers. The outcry over Geronimo’s fate prompted George Eustice, who comes from a farming background, to write an article in the Mail on Sunday about his own experiences with bovine TB.

Source: Irish Independent August 08, 2021 23:03 UTC