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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...