Llamas are very versatile, and their lives are not always easy. Some are used as guard animals to keep coyotes and other predators away from sheep and goats. Their wool-like hair also can be sold, ...

YAPHANK, New York -- When Tabbethia Haubold isn't on the road professionally shearing animals from Vermont to Georgia, she runs her 17-acre yarn and fiber farm in Yaphank. Long Island's Yarn & Farm ...

Summer means shearing season. All across the North Country, sheep, alpacas, and llamas are getting serious haircuts and losing their winter coats.... Jul 09, 2014 — Summer means shearing season. All ...

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Peninsula Alpaca Llama Rescue will conduct its fourth alpaca and llama shearing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and from 8 a.m. until complete on Sunday. The annual shearing is ...

Brent Walker, owner at Woods Edge Wools Farm in Stockton, demonstrates llama shearing to the public on Sat., April 12, 2014. Also on the farm, alpacas for fiber and yaks for fiber and meat. iPad video ...

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Since the days of the Comanche, Kansas’ Gyp Hills have been horse country. Many ranchers still depend on steeds to access rugged land for both business and pleasure. But recently a different domestic ...