Geronimo.

[Castle Farm]

Animal rights activists are set to march on Downing Street this weekend to demand the beloved stud is kept alive, as celebrity supporters Chris Packham and Joanna Lumley waded into the row to offer their support.

And more than 85,000 people have so far signed a petition to save Geronimo after his owner Helen MacDonald lost a four-year court battle to stop his death.

 

[ollie989898]

If Chris Packham gets involved then I'd adopt the opposite stance automatically. As amazing as the animal looks you have to admit he would make for a heck of a pair of slippers.

 

[7610 super q]

Pocahontas.

 

[uztrac]

Can I keep my st ock alive if they they test positive for TB ,no I cannot. But perhaps I can if we all adopt double standards !!!!

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Well, governments are more than happy to keep Badgers alive when they have TB!

 

[Jackov Altraids]

This is certainly proof of one thing, modern day petitions are completely worthless.

It is quite clear that those supporting Geronimo have little or no idea as to exactly what they are campaigning for. I wonder if they would also sign a petition for
"Ensuring an emotionally compromised lady, her animals and those in the surrounding area are kept safe by removing 1 animal that has been shown to have a contagious, debilitating and often fatal disease."

 

[Yale]

They should do as with farmers who resist,dawn raid,police entry and remove the animal.

Rules should be applied equally!

 

[curlietailz]

If Geronimo gets a reprove ( and I’d vote to save the cute cuddle thing )... ( but he’s got TB and the rules say a TB animal must be culled) ... then I think a president will have been set.... and anyone with a cull order in future could launch a legal challenge using the Geronimo prescident.
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[betweenthelines]

This reminds me of that calf Blair reprieved during F&M.

One cute creature -saved
Thousands of others killed -no one gives a f**k

 

[betweenthelines]

Wonder if any vegans signed the petition?

By their standards this is an animal kept in unnatural conditions and exploited just for the financial benefit of the owner. They would say it's better off dead anyway.

 

[Tarw Coch]

They should do as with farmers who resist,dawn raid,police entry and remove the animal.

Rules should be applied equally!

I believe that is pretty much the next move now, after 4 years !

 

[Yale]

I believe that is pretty much the next move now, after 4 years !

Have the politicians got the balls or is Carrie going to ride in on her white horse dragging Boris with a rope on one leg?

 

[Tarw Coch]

Have the politicians got the balls or is Carrie going to ride in on her white horse dragging Boris with a rope on one leg?

Gawd knows, but it makes a mockery of everything farmers go through if that happens.

 

[Dog Bowl]

Gawd knows, but it makes a mockery of everything farmers go through if that happens.

Just filled a lorry with cows the other week - all reactors. What an absolute sh1t show. And to think Packham et al are throwing their support behind this animal beggars belief really. I'm really done with all this.

 

[tepapa]

I think the fact it's 4 years since the Tb result make a mockery of it all. I'm sure a lot of famers wouldn't mind losing cows if they could keep milking them for 4 years before they went. (Kept separate of course).

 

[vantage]

I think the fact it's 4 years since the Tb result make a mockery of it all. I'm sure a lot of famers wouldn't mind losing cows if they could keep milking them for 4 years before they went. (Kept separate of course).

Wouldn’t be much point, you have to dispose of milk from TB reactors.

 

[tepapa]

Wouldn’t be much point, you have to dispose of milk from TB reactors.

Ah, didn't realise that. Thought that's why they pasteurised it.

 

[vantage]

Ah, didn't realise that. Thought that's why they pasteurised it.

They do, but you’re not knowingly allowed to put it in.

 

[caveman]

I don't think he is a reactor as in "got it".
I heard he had the vaccine in NZ and its the antibodies showing a positive?

The very reason we don't vaccinate our cattle?

 

[vantage]

I don't think he is a reactor as in "got it".
I heard he had the vaccine in NZ and its the antibodies showing a positive?

The very reason we don't vaccinate our cattle?

Good point.