For city dwellers and corporate workers wanting to try their hand at ranching, the alpaca seems to be a good fit. Since their introduction to the U.S. in the mid-1980s, alpacas have led hundreds of ...

Free bus tour to four alpaca farms leaves IX Center on Wednesday at noon, returns 5 p.m.; go to Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association counter for directions. On a fresh spring day, Brenda Burns ...

Alina Surquislla Gomez is a third-generation alpaquera. She says: ‘When I was little, my grandfather used to tell me how beautiful it was to graze in these valleys. Due to climate change, the ...

There's much more than meets the eye when it comes to the colour of an alpaca. Loading... Dr Kylie Munyard from Curtain University has spent the last nine years researching the colour genetics of the ...

GRAFTON TOWNSHIP – There are seven registered alpaca farms in Lorain County. On Sunday, many of them were open for tours on National Alpaca Farm Day. Our Little World Alpacas, 16800 Cowley Road, ...

No one made a sound, except for the mother giving birth. She was humming. But if Donna Dachuk had been present, there might've been a gasp or two. KC Royal -- a cria, or baby alpaca -- was born two ...

While the export alpaca market has largely been about the fleece and more recently meat one central Victorian breeder is focusing on exporting genetics. A stud male alpaca can fetch anywhere between ...

EUGENE, Ore. - “Heeeeeeere ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca ‘paca, heeeeere ‘paca ‘paaaaaaca,” Robbin Freedman calls out to a herd of around 50 grazing alpaca. Many of the three-foot tall four-legged animals ...

You can meet fluffy alpacas face-to-face at the Alpaca Spring Fling held in Kentucky this month.Alpacas from 10 farmers throughout Kentucky will gather at the Hardin County Fairgrounds on April 9. The ...