From showbiz to shepherd

April 12, 2011

On a milking farm, male animals mostly leave. But on Friday we welcomed two boys who’ll be with us for a decade or more. They are llamas Ruby and Haley, who belonged for 15 years to the family who gave us Bart, our iconic black llama. Bart died almost a year and a half ago, aged 28.

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Ruby on the left, Haley on the right. They were show llamas, and have showbiz names, but we’ve shortened them for their new career as goat guardians. They will shepherd the younger milking goats

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Ruby is certainly one of the most elegant llamas we’ve met

(Thank you Lesa for the photos!)