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| Shambo's lesions 'typical of TB' | |
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| Shambo the "sacred" bullock at the centre of a controversial three-month legal fight had lesions typical of TB, it has been confirmed. | |
| The Welsh Assembly Government has said the result of a post mortem examination on Shambo meant "a positive TB breakdown is confirmed in the herd". | |
| The animal was slaughtered on Thursday, after being moved amid protests from a Carmarthenshire multi-faith community. | |
| Police had moved over 100 worshippers who formed a human shield at the site. | |
| It is thought there are around 50 other cattle at the Skanda Vale community in Llanpumsaint. | |
| In a statement on Friday, the assembly government said it was now considering what other action was necessary "to protect human and animal health in relation to the test results from other animals in the herd". | |
| "Further samples have been taken for further laboratory investigations, including bacteriological culture - these results will not be available for several weeks," continue the statement. | |
| Protesters were moved by police officers from Shambo's enclosure | |
| The six-year-old Friesian, who tested positive for bovine TB in April, prompting a legal battle which ended when the community finally lost its High Court fight on Monday. | |
| Last week, a High Court judge gave the community hope when he ruled that two slaughter orders for Shambo "were unlawful and will be quashed". | |
| But his ruling was overturned by the appeal court in London earlier this week. | |
| After Shambo was removed from the Skanda Vale community, Hindu leaders said they seeking a meeting with the UK Environment Minister asking for reassurances about other temple animals. | |
| Ramesh Kallidai, secretary general of the Hindu Forum of Britain, said he wanted "to check how agricultural law can cater to the needs of sacred animals in Hindu temples in Britain". | |
| And Skanda Vale community leader Brother Alex said that, now Shambo had been taken away from them, a "nightmare" was just beginning for the Welsh assembly. | |
| "Ignorant people have chosen to desecrate our temple and have chosen to destroy life unnecessarily," he said. | "Ignorant people have chosen to desecrate our temple and have chosen to destroy life unnecessarily," he said. |
| "I am very happy that I am not involved in it, because this is something that will resonate for generations in their lives." | "I am very happy that I am not involved in it, because this is something that will resonate for generations in their lives." |
| Shambo was loaded into a trailer | |
| After a dramatic day in which officials had to obtain warrant to enter the Llanpumsaint community, the six-year-old Friesian was eventually removed from the site at around 1930 BST on Thursday night. | After a dramatic day in which officials had to obtain warrant to enter the Llanpumsaint community, the six-year-old Friesian was eventually removed from the site at around 1930 BST on Thursday night. |
| In a joint statement with Dyfed-Powys Police, the Welsh Assembly Government said it had been "an extremely difficult operation for all concerned". | In a joint statement with Dyfed-Powys Police, the Welsh Assembly Government said it had been "an extremely difficult operation for all concerned". |
| And on Friday morning, it was confirmed that Shambo had been put down by lethal injection on Thursday evening. | And on Friday morning, it was confirmed that Shambo had been put down by lethal injection on Thursday evening. |
| Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, said he was glad "common sense had prevailed at last" and that it was "absolutely unacceptable" for people to say their religious rights were supreme. | Keith Porteous Wood, executive director of the National Secular Society, said he was glad "common sense had prevailed at last" and that it was "absolutely unacceptable" for people to say their religious rights were supreme. |
| "The consequences of going the other way and the bull potentially infecting the national herd and the massive financial consequences of that for people's lives, and indeed potentially people's health, are just unthinkable," he said. | "The consequences of going the other way and the bull potentially infecting the national herd and the massive financial consequences of that for people's lives, and indeed potentially people's health, are just unthinkable," he said. |
| "I think we need to have much more of a sense of proportion." | "I think we need to have much more of a sense of proportion." |