Owner of condemned alpaca Geronimo brands death sentence 'barbaric'
The owner of an alpaca condemned to death by Defra has described the decision as 'barbaric'. Helen MacDonald's six-year-old alpaca, Geronimo, has twice tested positive for bovine TB. Downing Street has refused to grant a stay of execution but offered its sympathies to Ms Macdonald.
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