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Kōrero: Exotic farm animals

Alpaca shearing

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Alpaca shearing

Alpacas are shorn lying on a floor to stop them moving. A harness holds their legs, while a handler stretches the animal out for the shearer and moves it as required.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

The Alpaca Place

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Jim Esson, Exotic farm animals – Alpacas and llamas, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/18704/alpaca-shearing (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jim Esson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.