RURAL CAMARGO – The trouble with keeping animals is that sometimes they're bound to get out. Local police officers have dealt with plenty of escapees – cows and horses, probably even sheep. Tuesday's ...

A llama in County Clare has been tasked with the important job of watching over a flock of sheep, and he's the only one this farmer trusts to do it well. Tom Gleeson, 75, has enlisted the services of ...

Sheep farmers have used dogs for centuries to protect their flocks from predators. But in recent years, another animal has joined the effort: the llama. "All of a sudden that seems to be taking off.

He was called Little Man, a white llama with gentle brown eyes, and he took his guard job seriously. When the recent Cajon Pass brush fire roared through Hesperia rancher Bruce Schumacher’s 10-acre ...

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Spitting, kicking and a strange noise akin to a squeaky door hinge are enough to convince even the most vicious predators to move on. That is the thought behind the guard llama.