Author:
Samantha Graves

Date of Publication:
September 16, 2016

Publication:
Country Folks

Excerpt:
In their native Peru, alpacas are culled and used for their meat and pelt in addition to their fiber. “That’s why the alpacas from Peru are so incredible; they’ve been culling their herds from the beginning,” said Marc Worrell with Eastcoast Alpacas in Biddeford, Maine. “Even though I love my animals, I know that if I want to keep improving my genetics, I need to cull my herd.”

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