Author:
The Alpaca Place
Masterton, New Zealand

Date of Publication:
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Publication:
The Alpaca Place

Excerpt:
The methods of transporting alpacas are as varied as the people who own them! Whatever means you use to transport your alpacas, safety and welfare of the animals is of paramount importance. This means open stock trailers, or trucks with open stock crates are unsuitable, as they cannot tolerate the wind chill effect, and may suffer from hypothermia (potentially fatal), or may be able to jump out of the trailer. Covered stock trailers, however, are ideal, as they can be designed specifically for the transport alpaca.

Caution: when loading alpacas into a vehicle or trailer using a loading ramp, the gap between the loading ramp and the floor of the trailer is wide enough for an alpaca leg to slip into – resulting in a broken leg. Such gaps should be covered or have a piece of wood etc slipped into the gap so the alpaca cannot slip through.

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