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Stop Government bTB tests being a death sentence on healthy animals.
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2,489 signatures
What the petition asks
Alpaca owners want the Government to work with them to eradicate bovine tuberculosis(btb). Testing rules are draconian and need to be reviewed. Please support a testing regime that does not condemn a healthy alpaca to death by always allowing a retest where no substantial evidence for disease exits.
At the moment less than 7% of alpacas have been tested and the industry wants that to be at least 80%.
bTB test results are not being shared by APHA or collated and thus no opportunity exists to improve the current situation. Animals are unnecessarily culled before the data is captured. The situation will never improve unless we all work together to learn more about these unique animals for the benefit of all livestock keepers in the UK.
bTB test results are not being shared by APHA or collated and thus no opportunity exists to improve the current situation. Animals are unnecessarily culled before the data is captured. The situation will never improve unless we all work together to learn more about these unique animals for the benefit of all livestock keepers in the UK.
Timeline
| 14 Mar 2018 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 14 Sep 2018 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
2,489
Status
Closed
Opened
14 Mar 2018
Closed
14 Sep 2018
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.