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"Geronimo has shone a light into the deep, dark and murky mire of bovine TB policy...trying to kill one's way out of trouble was never going to work"
Highly-respected veterinary scientist Dr Iain McGill, Director of the Prion Group,  has been working with Helen McDonald to assist in her battle with Defra over the proposed slaughter of Geronimo the Alpaca, condemned to death because of an inaccurate bovine TB test which Iain says is part of an outdated 'vicious test and slaughter' policy that doesn't work and needs to be replaced immediately.

Iain does research in disease risk analysis, bovine TB, animal conservation and protection, prions and agricultural policy.


Dr Iain McGill on ResearchGate  and Twitter feed
BBC News  Geronimo the alpaca: Who is he and why has he hit the headlines?