Officials in Peru are scrambling to help farmers of one of the country’s most emblematic animals, after unusually cold weather killed more than 170,000 alpacas earlier this month. Heavy snowfall and ...

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 ...

Peru's government has declared a state of emergency in the southern Andes, where brutally cold temperatures have killed the animals and threatened... The government of Peru has declared a state of ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A community of alpaca farmers in the high Peruvian Andes is witnessing the loss of its mountain glaciers as a result of a warming climate and ...

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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 ...