ADAMSTOWN, MARYLAND — It’s shearing season at Sugarloaf Farm just outside Washington, where most of the alpacas don't seem to mind getting a haircut. But whether they like it or not, the 130 animals ...

The strangest one, Robert Morrison says, was the woman who insisted on lying next to her alpacas while they were being sheared. The cuddling calmed them, she insisted. You're in the way and might get ...

Tom Iamonico shears an alpaca at Black Forest Alpacas on Saturday, May 28, 2016. Iamonico sheared 96 alpacas with the help of nearly 20 volunteers. Photo by Ryan Jones, The Gazette. Is there any doubt ...

The South American creatures give up their coats so others can wear nice sweaters. Loretta didn’t want to get her hair cut. The big, white alpaca whinnied like a pony, bucked and kicked and put up a ...

LYING DOWN ON THE JOB: Specialist alpaca shearer James Dixon prefers to shear on the floor rather than a table. Photo: Fairfax NZ Australian alpaca shearer James Dixon's job is as good as a passport ...

The dozen or so people gathered for shearing day at By the Bay Alpacas farm greeted the arrival of alpaca shearing expert Jay Mariacher on Thursday with a cheer. The Pungoteague, Virginia, farm, owned ...

HOPEWELL -- The fleece is flying everywhere. Nathan Good, a professional sheep and alpaca shearer is moving his clippers back and forth down the side of a 3-year-old Suri alpaca named Copper Penny, ...

GALCHUTT, N.D. - Low hums rumble across the Ten Seven Acres alpaca farm here on a hot afternoon in early May. Dirk and Jessie Monson's herd of 15 alpacas and one llama, plus another group of nine from ...

GORE -- They'll come right up to you. Face to face. Look you in the eye with a bewildered expression like, "what kind of crazy two-legged, short- necked creature are you?" And likely, you'll be ...

Morning Beckons Farm was the site of the eighth annual North American Alpaca Shearing Contest, on June 24. The contests pit a two-person crew against a clock. They were judged on how fast they were ...