Following the news that Animal and Plant Health Agency had issued a warrant to kill Geronimo the alpaca, our sabs have been spreading the word and have been on site for the last few days. From dealing with press interest to supporting Helen, raising awareness of the flaws in the testing system to being up from the crack of dawn to be ready for the would-be alpaca murderers, it’s been a busy time.

There has been plenty in the media (including misinformation from Deathra and George Eustice mixing up which test he was talking about) so keep an eye out for stories online, on the radio and in the papers, and let us know if you are able to attend site and be part of a human shield to protect Geronimo – the warrant lasts for “a month” and was issued on August 5th, so extra hands on deck are welcome!

Update: 31st August ’21

Geronimo, the bTB-negative alpaca, was taken by DEFRA and the police this morning. He is currently travelling in a White Mitsubishi crew-cab pick up with an aluminium horse box trailer. If Geronimo had bTB he would not have survived the last 4yrs since the test was done. They say he must be killed to protect cows, but he’s been kept safely at his home for the last 4yrs, so surely if any damage to others was going to occur, it would have been done already. The farce continues…