- Location
- Near Beeston Castle
And the press are using words like executed, dragged, murdered, firing squad etc etc.
Geronimo.
- Thread starter Castle Farm
- Start date
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Geronimo the alpaca killed by government vets 'to prevent spread of disease'
The animal was put down after being taken from its farm in Gloucestershire, days before a destruction warrant ordering its death was due to expire on 4 September.news.sky.com
Good.
paul&mandy
Member
- Location
- surrey/west sussex
Utter shambles, poor thing looked stressed.
- Location
- South Molton
Isn't this were we shout about the significant cost of policing , as the animal rights crowd do about the badger cull, which of course wouldn't have a cost if it wasn't also for them!
Emotive words as usual
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
To be fair on the three or four media Facebook posts I've read many readers have come on to ask that to be corrected, ask why the fuss when farmers are losing entire herds built up over a lifetime, blaming the owner for showboating rather than leading her own (frightened) animal. The person leading had the animal on a loose rein and pulling which doesn't look great for it's comfort and welfare
Pieces_of_Eight
Member
- Location
- Limousin, France
Disgraceful way to handle an animal. I blame the owner entirely, should have just had her and a Vet so the animal was not stressed and panicked.
As for deliberately letting it mix with 4 others, they should have loaded all 5 into the trailer and shot the bloody lot.
As for deliberately letting it mix with 4 others, they should have loaded all 5 into the trailer and shot the bloody lot.
matthew
Member
- Location
- Cornwall, SW England
A disgraceful farce.
I hope someone has kept the two positive Enferplex blood samples from this animal to compare with D.NA from the animal they collected. After all, one black alpaca….
Were the posse wearing masks and gloves? If not, they should have been.
I hope someone has kept the two positive Enferplex blood samples from this animal to compare with D.NA from the animal they collected. After all, one black alpaca….
Were the posse wearing masks and gloves? If not, they should have been.
Swarfmonkey
Member
- Location
- Hampshire
The owner should be billed for the additional costs - policing time, for example - the authorities incurred due to her stupidity.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Geronimo the alpaca and his final moments of freedom | Watch Geronimo's final moments of freedom as he attempts to give police the run around before being taken away prior to termination. | By GB NewsFacebook
Watch Geronimo's final moments of freedom as he attempts to give police the run around before being taken away prior to termination.
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Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
The pictures I have seen were full PPE. Shocking that she has not got the guts to calm it in its final moments.
Roy_H
Member
That's exactly how l feel when l see some brain dead football fans in floods of tears just because their team lost!
Maybe we farmers would have been far better off supporting this woman & pointing out to the general public the shear total hypocrisy of the government in forcing us farmers to keep alive protected TB infected badgers constantly infecting our cattle whilst insisting on slaughtering this animal!
Not just cattle, they are infecting deer and other wildlife and sheep
Government stupidly is at the bottom of all of it and has been for years
Totally pathetic
- Location
- somerset
might be stupid, but such is politics
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
I would agree with your comments about the badger situation but I understand there is little evidence of widespread infection in sheep. If they do not have lesions it is unlikely they are spreading TB .
Deer yes the problem is increasing but is there much evidence of them spreading the disease? probably they dare not look!
- Location
- Westish Suffolk
Couldn't agree more.
Shockingly badly handled, snafu. Bloody circus..
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
The rights and wrong of the case aside, once the decision was made it should have been respected. Animal should have been left where it was and those getting in the way be loaded onto the horse box and charged with obstruction and contempt of court. The animal could then have been put down with minimal stress instead of being dragged through the mob.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Absolutely. She, and her nutjob friends, made the poor animal's collection a hell of a lot more stressful than was necessary. Yet they call themselves animal lovers!
