Geronimo with us ‘in spirit’ and I’ll never give up fight to clear his name, owner vows one year on from tragic death

TRAGIC Geronimo is still with us “in spirit” and I’ll never give up the fight to clear his name, his tragic owner vows – one year on from his untimely death.

Helen Macdonald said she expects to fight for years to come in her battle to prove the eight-year-old critter never had bovine TB and ministers were wrong to slaughter him.

The chocolate-brown animal was cruelly killed last summer after a five-year-long battle with the Department for Environment and government scientists – who insisted he was sick and had to be put down.

Trending In The News highlighted the plight of the poor critter and her owner as she fought to save his life – where she had said she would take a bullet to save him.

But months later, new post-mortem analysis found he did not have it the disease.

Ms Macdonald is still mulling legal action against the Government – and has lodged complaints lodged with the Independent Office of Police Conduct over their handling of his death.

She told Trending In The News on the first anniversary of his killing: “Geronimo was effectively tortured that day – he wasn’t fit to be transported, he was clearly abused and distressed, they should have managed the whole situation much better.

“I’m still looking at all options – nothing is off the table.”

And she called on the new PM – whether it’s Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak – to launch a public inquiry into his tragic death.

She said: “Everyone saw what happened – yet we still don’t know how and when Geronimo died.

“Lots of people were traumatised by the whole thing.

“Where is the accountability? These are people’s lives they are ruining – and they aren’t tackling TB either. The whole policy is not fit for purpose – Geronimo exposed that and he died because of it.

“They had a choice – they never had to kill him.”

His friends and other family members on the farm were “distressed for weeks”, she revealed.