Geronimo’s owner accuses Government of creating ‘wall of silence’

The animal was culled after he had twice tested positive for bovine TB after Ms Macdonald lost a lengthy legal fight to halt the warrant

Geronimo the alpaca at Shepherds Close Farm in Wooton Under Edge, Gloucestershire (Andrew Matthews/PA)

The owner of Geronimo the alpaca has accused the Government of erecting a “wall of silence” over her demand to know the circumstances of how the animal was culled.

Helen Macdonald said the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) had still not supplied detailed information of Geronimo’s last hours, including where, how and when he was put to death.