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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jessica Murray

Owner of Geronimo the alpaca says she is still fighting for justice

Helen Macdonald with Geronimo at Shepherds Close Farm in Gloucestershire in August 2021
Helen Macdonald with Geronimo at Shepherds Close Farm in Gloucestershire in August 2021. Photograph: Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images

The owner of Geronimo the alpaca has said she is still fighting for justice and desperate for closure two years on from the animal being killed by Defra after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis.

Helen Macdonald, a 52-year-old veterinary nurse, said she still seeking answers about how her eight-year-old alpaca was euthanised on 31 August 2021 after twice testing positive for the contagious bovine TB.

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