Veterinary staff in blue overalls, masks and goggles, backed by police officers, arrived at the western England farm where the animal lives, and took Geronimo from his pen. The scene was witnessed by animal activists and journalists who have camped out at the farm in Wickwar, 110 miles west of London, vowing to stop the killing.
The controversial camelid was sentenced to death after twice testing positive for bovine TB. Geronimo's owner, Helen Macdonald, argued the tests had produced false positives and battled for a third test. Macdonald, who imported Geronimo from New Zealand in 2017, said the animal's destruction was "barbaric" and unscientific.
TB or not TB, that is the question.
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