BEECH ISLAND — Fleece was flying during Saturday's midday hours on Dixie Clay Road, with retired Marine John Tolley playing host to his annual alpaca shearing session. Tolley, whose operation is known ...

They’re not going into the army, but these gentle giants all shared the same hairdo after the clippers were finished. Inside a cozy barn at the Sopris Alpaca Farm on Saturday, 60 alpacas were trimmed ...

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 ...

UNITY, Maine (WABI) -You know that feeling after a fresh haircut? Or, to give up the heavy winter coat after a long winter? Well, that’s what a few dozen alpacas felt like Sunday! The Northern ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Standing over a squirming alpaca, Brian Denstedt sheared off its fleece while avoiding the animal ...

A 24-hour alpaca shearing event across the globe in Sydney, Australia, aims to have a big impact on mental health awareness and suicide prevention here in Montana. Over 500 alpacas will be sheared Nov ...

LAMAR • The alpacas at Arella Farm in Lamar got their yearly shearing this past Wednesday. The shearing, performed by Clean-Cut Shearing with shearingalpaca.com, is a process that both yields valuable ...

The alpacas at Sopris Alpaca Farm are officially ready for summer after getting shorn last Thursday. The three-man shear crew with the company TopKnot took the stress away from owners Kim and Cory ...

Fold by fold, the buzzing shears whittled away Sharif’s dark winter coat. The 6-year-old alpaca occasionally bleated, but he soon emerged thinner, his hair a sleek black rather than the brownish fluff ...

Humdinger Alpaca Shearing Festival: Open Farm Shearing Day is being held this Sunday, May 25 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Humdinger Alpaca Farm in Phillipsburg. People are invited to come out for the ...

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 ...