THE owner of Geronimo the alpaca has accused officials of a cover-up because her vet was barred from its post-mortem examination. Helen Macdonald, 50, said there was no reason to refuse her specialist. Geronimo, who had twice tested positive for bovine TB since 2017, was taken away from Helen’s farm yesterday to be destroyed. Helen, […]
THE owner of Geronimo the alpaca has accused officials of a cover-up because her vet was barred from its post-mortem examination.
Helen Macdonald, 50, said there was no reason to refuse her specialist.
Geronimo, who had twice tested positive for bovine TB since 2017, was taken away from Helen’s farm yesterday to be destroyed.
Helen, of Wickwar, Gloucestershire, said: “It smacks of a cover-up. We will not rest until we see documented evidence of the examination.”
Former Olympian Dame Kelly Holmes, 51, who keeps alpacas, said the decision to bar the vet was “an extra kick in the teeth” for Helen.
In a legal letter, Defra cited “health and safety, Covid-19 and site security reasons” for its decision.
