SAN ANTONIO DE PUTINA, Peru (AP) – Life for the thousands of indigenous families raising alpacas and sheep in Peru's southern Andes has become a nightmare amid a bitter cold wave that has killed tens ...

With temperatures falling to minus 9.4 Fahrenheit in this year's Southern Hemisphere winter, so far 50,000 alpacas have died this season. Authorities fear up 300,000 of the animals could perish if ...

CUSCO, Peru -- Traveling with pets is never easy, especially when your fur-baby is an alpaca. Walking around the streets of Cusco, Peru a visitor caught sight of an alpaca nonchalantly climbing into a ...

A peasant walks among her alpaca herd in Lagunillas in the Peruvian department of Puno on December 2, 2022 - Copyright AFP Gints Ivuskans A peasant walks among her ...

LAFAYETTE – Although they’re just seen as a silly-looking animal that resembles a llama to some, alpacas are vital to many Peruvians whose livelihoods depend on selling the animal’s precious fur. But ...

Some taxi drivers will scoff if you’re carrying a teacup pup and you wish to take it with you for the ride. But here’s one for whom it made no difference that the “pet” was actually a full grown ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Dec. 8 (UPI) --A California man's "meltdown" when he met his first alpacas in Peru is going viral thanks to some photos shared by his daughter. Santa Monica resident Alexandria ...

The once-verdant mountain pastures where alpacas graze are drying out from climate change; scientists, herders, and activists are rallying to find solutions. Alina Surquislla Gomez cradles a baby ...

The government of Peru has declared a state of emergency in the southern Andes after brutally low temperatures killed tens of thousands of alpacas, according to The Associated Press. The government is ...