He’s now feeling less lonely An alpaca in Cornwall is now left without two of his friends, as two alpacas it shared a pen with have died of old age. The 18-year-old-alpaca, Giovanni, lives at Screech Owl Sanctuary & Animal Park in Saint Columb. He has now been given mirrors to help him feel less […]

2 months ago

Police described the incident as ‘highly distressing’ Police are appealing for information after four alpacas and a sheep were shot dead in East Hatley near Gamlingay over the weekend. The incident happened between 6pm on Saturday (22 March) and 8.30am on Sunday (23 March) off Main Street. A fifth Alpaca received a gunshot wound to […]

1 year ago

The Geronimo drama continues The post-mortem of Geronimo the alpaca has revealed ‘not a shred of evidence’ to suggest he had contracted bovine tuberculosis, his owner and veterinarians have said. A four-year legal battle came to a close in August when the Government put down Geronimo the Alpaca. Despite the numerous protests and his growing […]

4 years ago

Geronimo was culled last week after twice testing positive for the disease Geronimo the alpaca’s owner has claimed that the initial tests after his culling show that he didn’t have bovine tuberculosis. Geronimo was killed by government officials on August 31 as he was believed to have had the disease, which is incredibly dangerous to […]

4 years ago

Geronimo has been at the centre of a legal fight after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis. Geronimo, the alpaca at the centre of a tuberculosis protest, has been killed, officials have confirmed. Police and Defra officials removed the alpaca from the south Gloucestershire farm where he lives on Tuesday. Defra (Department for Environment, Food and […]

4 years ago