Geronimo the Alpaca Is Put Down, Ending High-Profile Legal Fight With UK Authorities

Geronimo the alpaca, with his owner Helen, in this undated picture from a farm near Wickwar, South Gloucestershire, England. PA

The British alpaca made famous by his owner’s dogged high-profile attempts to save him from being killed despite testing positive for bovine tuberculosis, has finally been put down.

It ends his owner’s four-year-long legal battle with authorities over the validity of the test.