From the editor: Warped priorities have put Geronimo on a pedestal

How warped has this country’s sense of reason become that an alpaca named Geronimo finds itself at the centre of a debate over the bovine TB (bTB) cull policy?

Ben Briggs

Ben Briggs is the group publisher and editor in chief of Agriconnect, overseeing the media business and titles such as Farmers Guardian, Dairy Farmer and Arable Farming.

13 August 2021 • 2 min read

From the editor: Warped priorities have put Geronimo on a pedestal

How warped has this country's sense of reason become that an alpaca named Geronimo finds itself at the centre of a debate over the bovine TB (bTB) cull policy? The past week's spat over Geronimo's twice-failed...

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