Geronimo’s owner ‘on high alert’ as alpaca awaits his fate

After she lost her latest High Court battle earlier this week to save Geronimo, Defra officials told Ms Macdonald nothing would be done before 5pm on Friday

Geronimo the alpaca has been condemned after testing positive for bovine TB. Picture: Jacob King/PA

The owner of an alpaca who faces destruction after testing positive for bovine tuberculosis remains on “high alert” after a 24-hour reprieve expired.

Helen Macdonald said officials from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) are yet to visit her farm in south Gloucestershire to enforce the destruction order.