Media campaign to save alpaca Geronimo ignores 160,000 cattle destroyed

A dairy farmer has said it ‘beggars belief’ that the media have launched a campaign to save a single bTB-positive alpaca while ignoring the 160,000 cattle which have been destroyed during the 4-year fight to keep him alive.

Abi Kay
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Media campaign to save alpaca Geronimo ignores 160,000 cattle destroyed

A dairy farmer from Cheshire has said it ‘beggars belief' that the media have launched a campaign to save a single bTB-positive alpaca, Geronimo, while ignoring the 160,000 cattle which have been destroyed...

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