The South American creatures give up their coats so others can wear nice sweaters. Loretta didn’t want to get her hair cut. The big, white alpaca whinnied like a pony, bucked and kicked and put up a ...

ELIZABETH JACKSON: Two Tasmanian farmers are hoping to become world leaders in alpaca shearing. The men have designed a frame which they say makes shearing alpacas safer, easier and is kinder to the ...

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 ...

MONTARA — Alpacas are simple creatures. Feed them grass and they are happy. But try to shear them and you will get an earful. From the sound of it, there is nothing alpacas dislike more than shearing ...

Morning Beckons Farm was the site of the eighth annual North American Alpaca Shearing Contest, on June 24. The contests pit a two-person crew against a clock. They were judged on how fast they were ...

Sometimes, being a researcher is repetitive and boring — all those lab tests and mice studies. And sometimes, being a researcher means shearing alpacas for science. If you’re not familiar with alpacas ...

POWELL For Fandango the alpaca, a haircut is a pain in the neck. He whines. He fights. He spits green gunk. Yet once it's through, he'll feel much better on hot summer days, free of around 10 pounds ...

GOODE — On a chilly, damp Sunday, alpacas at A Goode View Alpaca Farm parted ways with their warm, thick fleece. When Goldmine, the first alpaca to undergo her annual shearing, was led out of the barn ...

Tom Iamonico shears an alpaca at Black Forest Alpacas on Saturday, May 28, 2016. Iamonico sheared 96 alpacas with the help of nearly 20 volunteers. Photo by Ryan Jones, The Gazette. Is there any doubt ...

Is there any doubt? Alpacas are simply adorable. One look at the cuter cousin of the llama and it's hard not to fall for the fluffy fleece, friendly demeanor and irresistible way they peer out through ...