Farmer will 'stand in the way of any gunman who comes to destroy' her alpaca Geronimo He has been condemned to death after twice testing positive for bovine tuberculosis
"My own family have a pedigree herd of South Devon cattle and we have lost cows to TB, so I know how distressing it can be and have huge sympathy for farmers who suffer loss."
Defra has 30 days to visit Ms Macdonald's farm and put him down, which means a contractor could legally force entry to her property and shoot Geronimo, she told Sky News earlier.Ms MacDonald, said they "don't have to kill him" and they "have a choice". Defra has defended its methods after it was revealed the tests have never been trialled for their accuracy in detecting bovine tuberculosis in alpacas, and that Geronimo had tested negative on four occasions in New Zealand.
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