Been following the Shambo story on the news, which came to an end today with confirmation Shambo has been destroyed.
I can understand the significance of sacred religious animals, but when it gets to the stage of risking the herd? Yes, I agree that the test isn't as definative as it should, or could be. But that's the thing with risk, and these sort of assessments. The only way to know for sure, at present, is to destroy the animal, and do a post mortem.
What I'd love to know is what do they do in other countries? Do they risk the whole herd for one animal with foot and mouth, or TB, just because it's sacred? Or, do they sacrifice the one so the many can continue? Maybe we put too much emphasis on commercialisation, and money, forcing nature to fit us, and less on the natural course of life, and the way nature wants to work itself out.
[UPDATE] That news story now tells of the post mortem, which confirms TB 
