Environment Minister George Eustice has defended the ทางเข้าxo controversial decision to place alpaca that tested positive for bovine tuberculosis twice.Geronimo was sentenced to death by a High Court judge last month.But his owner disagreed with the test results. And more than 90,000 people have signed a petition to save his life.
In a letter on Sunday, former farmer Eustiz said he knew he had to. "Soul-destroying" that must kill animals, but necessary He said bovine tuberculosis was a "malignant disease" the UK has been struggling with over the past decade.
There was a great deal of emphasis on the case of Geronimo the alpaca last week,” he said. On average each week We had to remove more than 500 cows from the herd because of the British infection alone.Behind every case is a farmer who suffers loss and tragedy.
Farmers understand that infected animals pose a risk to the rest of the herd. So even if the loss of an individual animal would be a tragedy, The farming community has been working with government veterinarians in this difficult but necessary endeavor.