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Is Shearing Alpacas cruel?

10/20/2020

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No doubt you may have heard about, or even seen the video of alpaca shearing produced by PETA. While shearing is a stressful event for an alpaca, here at Sugar Hollow we use a professional shearer who takes great care to produce our harvest of fleece quickly and efficiently with as little discomfort to the alpaca as possible. Below is a youtube video of our shearer Jay Mariacher at work. Although the video was taken in 2011 it is an accurate portrayal of how he shears today. Additionally, click here for a link to an official statement from the Alpaca Owners Association which describes with much detail how NOT shearing an alpaca would be much more cruel than the 8 or so minutes of discomfort shearing causes. It contains a lot of information and is much more succinct than we could ever  be. If you are concerned about alpaca shearing please take the time to read it.
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Emilie Dymond
1/16/2022 02:37:19 pm

It looks like you take care in shearing the alpaca. How can we differentiate cruelty free shearing and care of the animals from those farms that don't take care in shearing or the animals in general?

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Pennsylvania Alpaca Farm
Pennsylvania Alpaca Farm

Kathy & Jay Brown
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Waynesboro, PA  17268-9188

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