UK farmer loses high court fight to stop alpaca being killed
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Judge says there is no evidence that decision not to retest for bovine TB was unlawful
An alpaca farmer has lost a high court battle to prevent one of her prized animals from being killed.
Helen Macdonald took legal action against the government in a last-ditch attempt to save her stud alpaca, Geronimo, who was earmarked for slaughter after twice testing positive for bovine tuberculosis (bTB).
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