Alpaca wins review hope

AN alpaca which was ordered to be put down is a step closer to being saved – after his owner won a judicial review.

Six-year-old Geronimo tested positive for tuberculosis but Helen MacDonald, 74, says she can prove her animal is healthy.

The vet nurse, an alpaca farmer in Wickwar, Glos, says Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs tests are faulty.

She added: “We do not expect the case to be heard before the spring.”