Owner of Geronimo the alpaca calls for Environment Secretary to resign

Helen Macdonald, the owner of Geronimo the alpaca (Ben Birchall/PA)

The owner of Geronimo the alpaca has called on the Environment Secretary to resign, accusing him of “murdering an innocent animal” days before a warrant for the animal’s destruction was due to expire.

Police officers and staff from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) arrived at Helen Macdonald’s farm near Wickwar, south Gloucestershire, at 10.45am on Tuesday.