The owner of tragic alpaca Geronimo says she cannot rest until she finds out how her beloved camelid died.
Helen MacDonald, 52, says she still doesn’t know how the mammal died but fears a tight rope around his neck may have strangled him.
The eight-year-old alpaca was killed on August 31, 2021, after testing positive for Bovine TB.
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He was dragged to his death but his owners have spent the last two years desperate for answers after a post-mortem did not show traces of TB.
Witnesses saw him being taken away in a police-escorted horsebox in Wickwar, Gloucestershire.
She said: "On a personal level day to day life is slowly getting easier. I am focusing on restoring my physical and mental health and starting to think about the future but in reality, nothing much has changed during the last two years.
"I continue to take enormous comfort from supporters everywhere even if most days I cannot look at the beautiful tributes.
"So many people continue to be haunted by the shocking senselessness of Geronimo's removal by Defra on the order of George Eustice when there was a perfectly safe credible solution available in law.
"The avoidable cruelty displayed by vets and officials that day is something we will never understand or forgive.
"Inexcusable cruelty, 'carefully planned' and chosen, along with the use of that rope, over shooting Geronimo at home which is the usual way of things for camelids slaughtered by the government.
"They couldn't even manage to kill him humanely. They demonstrated complete ignorance of camelids, their behaviours and their specific requirements, which was clear to see and hear for all those who witnessed it.
"Unforgivably, Defra have still not provided any evidence to support their version of events about when, where, and how Geronimo died.
"We continue to demand the truth along with the supporting evidence as proof."
Helen continued: "They knew he did not get TB here and he was healthy – but it has been a complete conspiracy from day one.
"They could not afford to have me stand up and speak the truth. They had to kill Geronimo as it was the only way they could get out of it. They killed a healthy animal and lied about it.
"The postmortem examination, histopathology examinations and the tissue cultures carried out by Senior APHA pathologists at APHA Weybridge all proved negative for Bovine TB as we expected they would by December 2021."
A Defra spokesperson said: "Our sympathies remain with all those with animals affected by this terrible disease which devastates farmers' livelihoods.
"It is important to remember that infected animals can spread the disease to both animals and people before displaying clinical signs, which is why we take action quickly to limit the risk of the disease spreading."
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