Diego & Sofia (alpacas) Arrived 26th May 2017 In late May we were contacted by the RSPCA who had seized a pair of neglected alpacas. As we had recently lost one of our long term resident alpacas, Julio, our female alpaca Mischief was in need of some friends. As these two were in desperate need of a home, and our alpaca was lonely, it made sense to offer the pair a home here at Happy Hooves. When Diego and Sofia arrived, their neglect was very apparent. They were both desperately…
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Julio
Julio (Alpaca): Arrived 14 November 2012 UPDATE: May 23, 2017, Sadly today we said farewell and rest in peace to our beautiful old boy Julio. Since Julio came to Happy hooves in 2012 he has been a big favorite amongst volunteers and visitors, he was always a part of the landscape looking out across the paddocks and will be very sorely missed. We love you Julio. Julio is a very regal character, who arrived with Mary (deceased), Jack (deceased), Minty, Lily lamb, Kath, Kel and Lucy. They all came from…
Mischief
Mischief (alpaca) Arrived: 20 December 2016 Introducing Mischief, the gorgeous and inquisitive alpaca. Mischief was purchased by her previous owners for the sole purpose of breeding. A substantial period of time had passed, and she had not yet produced any crias (baby alpacas). Since she was not serving her “purpose”, her owners decided they no longer wanted to keep her. After negotiations with our Happy Hooves manager, an agreement was made to surrender her to us. We were all very excited for her to meet our alpaca bachelor Julio. Julio had…
Jack
Jack (Alpaca): Arrived 14 November 2012 Strikingly handsome Jack arrived with Julio (another alpaca) and sheep Mary (deceased), Minty, Lily lamb, Kath, Kel and Lucy. They all came from a lady who had hand-reared them, but due to illness needed to surrender her entire flock. They had spent most of their lives together. Jack and Julio were inseparable right up to Jack’s death in March 2015. Julio was very depressed for a while but given the new job of looking after some youngster arrivals (Rose, Bud, Petal, Belle, Tully) he…