TB claims were alpaca lies: Geronimo suffered and died in vain.

[tim]

Apparently, the post-mortem says Geronimo was TB free.

Geronimo the alpaca ‘did not have TB, initial results show’

Owner calls for environment secretary to resign, saying animal ‘was innocent victim of arrogance, ignorance and greed’

www.google.com

Why on earth did the Tories and Starmer turn this into such an issue, when they must have known that this could prove to be the case?

 

[platinumsage]

This whole thing has been the most stupid silly-season story for some years.

 

[WouldBe]

Couldn't they have x-rayed it to check for TB?

 

[Puddy_Tat]

 

[Sweet FA]

It's a rollercoaster.

"A number of TB-like lesions were found and in line with standard practice these are now undergoing further investigation."

Geronimo the alpaca: TB test results disputed

The government said it found evidence the animal had the disease, but supporters dispute this.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[StoneRoad]

Fucks Sake.

I had a feeling that the poor alpaca didn't "really" have TB.

Those tests were carried out some years ago [2017] and a relatively small animal like an alpaca would have "gone downhill" without treatment or recovered in the intervening period ...

 

[Edie]

It’s a fucking alpaca. Who cares

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

It’s a fucking alpaca. Who cares

They should have said it was a Llama instead, no one knows the difference, but Johnson wouldn't wanna harm-a-llama...

 

[prunus]

It’s a fucking alpaca. Who cares

This is the only sane reaction.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Just another instance of Keir Starmer punishing the innocent.

 

[bimble]

Are there commemorative tea towels yet.

 

[A380]

Are there commemorative tea towels yet.

He was…. The people’s Alpaca.

 

[planetgeli]

Are there commemorative tea towels yet.

No. Just thousands upon thousands of jumpers.

 

[two sheds]

This might bring down the government.

 

[trashpony]

I’ve eaten alpaca but not geronimo.

 

[David Clapson]

The aLpaCA gOEs in THe HOLD

 

[gosub]

Couldn't they have x-rayed it to check for TB?

iIRC Owner wouldn't let them do another test which makes it her fault

 

[cuppa tee]

No. Just thousands upon thousands of jumpers

....think you might be overestimating the size of an alpaca.

 

[AnnaKarpik]

As I understand it, the first test done was over 5 years ago. If the animal had TB then, it should have been pretty ill five years later. So many thousands of animals have been slaughtered on the basis of this test, you can see how important it would be to some to fight any suggestion it wasn't reliable.

 

[Sprocket.]

First, they came for the Alpacas.. …

 

[Riklet]

He was one ugly fucker so it's a case of oh well/nevermind I think!

 

[MickiQ]

It’s a fucking alpaca. Who cares

The same sort of people who will charter a plane to fly cats and dogs out of Kabul but not humans? It does look cute but so do mice and my traps have killed about thirty of the little bastards so far this year.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

iIRC Owner wouldn't let them do another test which makes it her fault

i thought (although don't have the energy to find a link) that owner was asking the relevant authorities to do another test and they wouldn't

 

[Sprocket.]

Thankfully it wasn’t a wasp or seagull, there would be mayhem on here.

 

[Ax^]

they pull this shit with Badgers almost ever year

 

[Sprocket.]

they pull this shit with Badgers almost ever year

And he’s getting fed up with it!

 

[fishfinger]

they pull this shit with Badgers almost ever year

I think that's the reason that Badgers is so keen on the vaccination.

 

[Johnny Doe]

they pull this shit with Badgers almost ever year

Badgers

 

[Numbers]

they pull this shit with Badgers almost ever year

Stay strong brother Badgers

 

[bimble]

There are plenty of Justice For Geronimo T-shirts available on the internet but this ones actually pretty good.