Paddy and Oscar are a pair of Alpacas living in Ireland who work as therapy animals, visiting children and adults with ...

A LOCAL writer’s first children’s book highlights the deep history and culture of alpaca farming.

Visitors to the farm a half-hour drive from Portland can meet the entire herd of five llamas and eight alpacas, many donated by local farms. Children who are hesitant at first eventually find ...

Pupils at Gorse Covert Primary School were thrilled to see four alpacas and two rabbits in the school, marking the end of Children's Mental Health Week. (Image: Supplied) The animals, renowned for ...

A fee-paying school in south Dublin has discontinued an alpaca programme on its farm after one of the animals died and tested positive for tuberculosis (TB). Two veterinarians had previously ...