Alpacas, a species of New World camelids, have very thick wool. This requires them to be shorn regularly, just like sheep. But shearing is a source of stress for the animals. This has now been ...

LYING DOWN ON THE JOB: Specialist alpaca shearer James Dixon prefers to shear on the floor rather than a table. Photo: Fairfax NZ Prefer us on Google Australian alpaca shearer James Dixon's job is as ...

The strangest one, Robert Morrison says, was the woman who insisted on lying next to her alpacas while they were being sheared. The cuddling calmed them, she insisted. You're in the way and might get ...

BOZEMAN – Standing over a squirming alpaca, Brian Denstedt sheared off its fleece while avoiding the animal’s kicks and sudden jerks. “You’re right over the top of them, you’re right in their armpits, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. About 200 alpacas and llamas from across the Gallatin and Paradise valleys gathered in Bozeman ...

Breeder Kelli Pfeiffer says the new technique will help producers get premium prices for fleeces. A new alpaca shearing technique is being used for the first time commercially in Australia, with the ...

GALCHUTT, N.D. - Low hums rumble across the Ten Seven Acres alpaca farm here on a hot afternoon in early May. Dirk and Jessie Monson's herd of 15 alpacas and one llama, plus another group of nine from ...

OPINION: You may have noticed increasing numbers of alpacas in paddocks around Manawatu and surrounding regions the past few years. Holdings range from just a few to over 50 alpacas. Many owners have ...

Spend enough time around alpacas and you get used to their distinct noises, even the screeches some of them let out during a shearing. Brent Winslow has given many an alpaca a haircut over the years.