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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Lynda Holdsworth from Auravale alpacas getting a kiss from Goldleaf Versace, one of her white Huacaya alpacas. They're based in the Dandenong Ranges. They were at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Alex Harman 10 years old from Levendale in Tasmania helping out Precision Stud by handling their alpacas at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria.Melbourne, Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Taryan and Max Mathews from Precision Alpaca Group their Supreme Grand Champion Huacaya alpaca named Precision Tremont. Taryan and Max came from established alpaca families before starting Precision Alpaca Group. They're based at Baynton in Central Victoria. They were at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Pauline Glasser from Grafton NSW and Judy Barlow from Kinscliff NSW from the South Australian / Qld and NSW region Fleeces and Yarn group at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. All things for sale have been grown in the region, then spun and woven / knitted / crafted in the region. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Ribbons at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Susan Haese from Yaringa Stud showing the teeth to Judges Natasha Clark and Barbara Hetherington at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia. Yaringa is based in the Fleurieu Peninsula, in South Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Darren and Rebecca Hard from Ashbourne Alpacas based in Elphinstone in Central Victoria with their winner of Best Roan Huacayat the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Judges Natasha Clark and Barbara Hetherington checking the fleese's micron at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Byron Jago helping out the Precision Alpacas team by taking them into the ring. He's from Toffeemont Alpacas in Tasmania, at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
Denise Moysey from Arcadian Alpacas in Mt Barker, South Australia with Arcaday Glint who won Champion Mature Male at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Fleece de resistance: the Australian alpaca national show
The best alpacas and fleece producers in the land came to Bendigo in Victoria for the Australian Alpaca Association National Show. About 300 Suri and Huacaya alpacas and 200 fleeces were on show at the event, along with art, craft and photography. The association says Australia has one of the world’s largest alpaca breeding herds and is at the forefront of fibre quality.
'Aint She Sweet' from the Millduck stud waiting to go into the ring where she won the intermediate brown female class at the Australian National Alpaca Show, in Bendigo, Central Victoria. Australia.
Sunday 18th August 2024
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA
Alpaca Protest outside DEFRA, Smith Square, Westminster, London, Great Britain. 9th August 2021.
Animal rights protestors last minute bid to save Geronimo the alpaca who tested positive for bovine TB - owner Helen Macdonald who imported him from NZ said that she believes the tests are returning a false positive result. A warrant was signed for his destruction - the protest is organised by the Alpaca Society, Born Free Foundation and bovine TB expert Dr Iain McGill.
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Three-year-old Steely Dan after his haircut.
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decid
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Three-year-old Steely Dan before his haircut.
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and deci
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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FEATURE - Ingenieur züchtet mit seiner Frau Alpakas im schottischen Innerleithen
Alpacas get their heavy coats sheered at Velvet Hall Alpacas in the Scottish Borders. June 2 2020 *** This blissed out alpaca appeared to be having a great time as its heavy coat was sheared away allowing it to cool down from the summer heat.
The South American animal looked totally relaxed as two people removed its three-kilo fur coat, while another collected the wool.
The five-minute shearing process allows the alpacas to cool down, as their coats can be the equivalent of wearing four cashmere jumpers.
Despite the heat, the alpacas love being outside at Velvet Hall Alpacas in Innerleithen, Scottish Borders, where 34 of the animals are kept by hobbyists rather than professional farmers.
Enthusiasts Stuart Ramsay, 56, and wife Jean, 65, started out in 2013 with four males - but they brought in some females and started breeding.
Stuart, who works as an engineer, said: “Some have four kilos of fleece on them, it’s like wearing three or four cashmere jumpers.
“It only takes about five minutes to shear them, it’s not long.
“We started at 8am and should be finished by around 1pm.
“They will feel better afterwards.
“We’ve got shelters for them and let them decide whether to come or go.
“But when the weather’s like this they like being outside, even the wee one’s who’ll follow their mothers around.”
The couple employ a shearer from New Zealand who comes to the UK every summer to shear alpacas of their thick coats, which weigh around three to four kilos each kilos each.
Each alpaca is expected to produce three kilos of wool this year, totalling more than 100 kilos which will then be sent away to hand spinners or a mill, so the fleece can be turned into balls of wool to be sold.
Some are also sent to fleece shows who grade the wool and awards are issued based on the best quality coats.
The couple first came across alpacas at a country show in 2011 and fell in love with them, and decided to get four to graze their land and see how
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Catherine Duchess of Cambridge has an encounter with an Alpaca during a visit to The Ark Open Farm in Newtownards
Catherine Duchess of Cambridge visit to Northern Ireland - 12 Feb 2020
This visit is part of her Early Years Foundation Survey. Five Big Questions, aiming to spark a UK-wide conversation on early childhood.
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Quechua woman in the market of Pisac.
Quechua woman in the market of Pisac, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America
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Quechua Women of the Chincheros Community
Quechua women of the Chincheros Community, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America
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Quechua Women of the Chincheros Community
Quechua women of the Chincheros Community, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America
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FEATURE - Pix of the Day: Bilder des Tages
Breeders show off award-winning alpacas at the Cerro Juli Convention Center in Arequipa, Peru, on October 26, 2018. The alpaca judging competition is one of many events held during the week-long Alpaca Fiesta festival which aims to promote alpaca in the global textile market. (Photo by Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA) *** Local Caption *** 24629713
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