The owner of Alpaca Geronimo urges Prime Minister Boris Johnson Talk to her to resolve the stalemate about the future of animals.
Helen Macdonald said the Secretary of the Environment George Eustis Refusing to talk to her, she instead called on the Prime Minister to intervene after the incident High court Grant a destruction order.
Geronimo has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis twice, but Ms. Macdonald believes that the test results are false positives.
The destruction order is valid until September 4, and Ms. MacDonald hopes government Allow Geronimo to take the third test, or keep him alive to help research the disease.
After the 24-hour reprieve expired, Ms. MacDonald and her supporters maintained “high alert” on her farm in Wickwall, South Gloucestershire.
Officials from the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) told Ms. MacDonald at 5 pm on August 20 after losing her latest High Court lawsuit to save Geronimo’s life earlier this week. There will be no action before.
“We are waiting for George Eustis to pick up the phone to talk to me and resolve this issue,” Ms. MacDonald told PA News Agency.
“We haven’t heard anything from Defra or anyone. Four years after they messed up the last test, we still demand effective testing or quarantine Geronimo for research purposes. This is what we have been doing for four years. “
Ms. MacDonald said that if Defra officials really destroy Geronimo, then “meaningless killings” will happen “in front of the people of the world.”
She added: “All of this is avoidable, and we need to see how you treat people in the 21st century.
“When George Eustis hadn’t spoken to me for three years, it seemed a bit harsh for me to hang up here and point a gun to my head.
“This is uncertainty, anxiety and stress, poor sleep, which can be avoided.
“After all, if George Eustis doesn’t want to talk to me, then Boris Johnson can talk to me.
“Can we end this, Boris and Mr. Eustis?”
Veterinary nurse Ms. MacDonald added: “I can’t explain what it is like and why this story is so huge.
“They just ignored me. It’s no longer about Geronimo-it’s about general TB policy.
“If they kill him, nothing will change because everyone knows what happened. At least nine camels were killed in the way they intended to kill him.”
Ms. Macdonald, who imported Geronimo from New Zealand, received strong public support. More than 130,000 people signed a petition calling on the Prime Minister to stop the killing.
On Wednesday, a high court judge rejected her lawyer’s application for a temporary injunction to stop the destruction order and retry the case.
Ms. MacDonald said that when a Defra officer did come to her farm to euthanize Geronimo, she would not break the law.
On her farm, friends, family and supporters joined her in protesting Geronimo’s upcoming destiny.
Like alpacas, badgers have always been victims of the fight against bovine tuberculosis. Since 2013, badgers have used mass culling to prevent the spread, which has aroused huge public backlash.
Last week, the government insisted that it “reviewed very carefully” all the evidence about Geronimo’s condition.
A Defra spokesperson said: “We sympathize with Ms. Macdonald’s situation-just like we do to all animals affected by this terrible disease.
“It is for this reason that Defra, the Animal and Plant Health Bureau and its veterinary experts have carefully considered Geronimo’s test results and choices, and passed several stages of thorough legal review.
“Bovine tuberculosis is one of the biggest animal health threats we face today, causing damage and distress to farmers and rural communities across the country, and it costs taxpayers about 100 million pounds a year.
“Therefore, although no one wants to kill animals, we need to do everything we can to deal with this disease to stop its spread and protect the livelihoods of those affected.”
