Our commitment occurs upon taking possession of a rescue or surrender.
Three girls adopted by a family several years ago are being returned to our care due to their adoptive mother's illness.
As outlined in our adoption policy, animals that cannot remain with their adoptive families must return to our care, regardless of their health.
A large abscess, roughly the size of a baseball, was recently discovered under her mouth. A vet was called and there is not much that can be done except hospitalization.
A vet appointment has been arranged with iut vet who has x-ray capability.
Welcome home, girls.
06/13/2025
Friday June 13-15th 10am-2pm. Feed alpacas, see new baby lambs & llamas, shop our Fiber Farmers Market for our farms fiber products and wool and alpacas items.
06/13/2025
Consider us for your 401k distributions for 2025. 100% of all donations of all donations go directly to the farm. We have no employees but lots of mouths to feed lol.
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For a modest monthly contribution of $10, equivalent to about 1.5 cups of coffee, you'll be directly contributing to the care and well-being of rescued animals.
******UPDATE: $530 has been donated. Thank you to the two.
We are still short $1490. If you are able we really appreciate it. We can't do this work without funding and funding has been super tight.
Tomorrow is the pick up. We spent the day getting their pen ready, cleaned, and safety checked.
The vet appointment for physicals and castration is on July 1st.
They will be shearer, toes, and fighting teeth removed on the 21st.
We will do decals after a week of them being here because stress always creates a worm and parasite bloom and some of the animals take care the load themselves and we don't want to treat due to immunity unless we have to.
*****4 intact male alpacas to be culled. We have offered to pick them up.
In order to do this we have a budget to be met. The owners are donating $500.
4 x $300 vet & castration fees (est) $1200
4 x 3 months board ($80)
$960
Transportation costs
$200
Shearing. 4 x 40. $160
Total. $2520
Less (500) (500)
Total Needed. $2020
We are trying for Friday pick up. If you can help please go to this site
Empathy in animals is a recognized phenomenon. When llamas or alpacas are herded together, including when babies are born, it is an established fact that they exhibit mourning behavior if an animal passes. They need time with their companions to accept the loss.
We have observed this behavior on numerous occasions and have applied this knowledge to identify areas in large open field rescues where camelids tend to congregate. In the Pasado rescue in Yakima, I was able to identify strategic locations for catch pens in the 20-acre field to capture isolated herds.
If one is knowledgeable about camelid behavior, it is possible to recognize implicit territorial boundaries between multiple herds in a single pasture.
In the Yakima rescue, we successfully established three separate capture points for three distinct herds. A comprehensive understanding of camelid behavior is crucial in determining the success of a rescue operation.
I firmly believe that without our expertise, the animals in Yakima would not have been captured.
06/08/2025
Exotic animal seizure and 3 animals had to be euthanized due to horrible health.
We were called in on helping to assist with several llamas by Oregon Statue University and Oregon Humane Society.
We hear from Jefferson Public Radio Justin Higginbottom about a raid involving multiple state and local agencies of a safari park and zoo on the Southern Oregon coast.
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Providing safe rehoming options for Llamas and Alpacas.
Kind of a funny story. I lived in Juneau, Alaska for 25 years. On the 349th rainy day of the 365 day year, I dreamed, someday I will have an apple orchard and raise alpacas. Sixteen years ago I moved to Port Angeles and bought property with a small apple orchard. Five years ago I re-homed my first Llama and Alpaca. I knew nothing about them except like everyone else, I thought they would make a neat pet. Five years later, I now surf the internet pleading people who want to “give away” their animals to allow us to re-home them. WHY? As our economy dropped, more people became income challenged. They begin looking for resources. Sadly enough, two of those are money and food. Horses, goats, sheep, and alpacas all become a free food resource. Alpaca meat is a very sought after protein source in the United States as well as other countries. Free alpacas can either go to the butcher or the “meat market” to be auctioned. The second reason is Alpacas are not just CUTE pets. There are a very specific type of animal requiring specific knowledge and care. They are not a yard ornament.
We provide a safe, secure resource for people who need to re-home their animals but want to ensure they are provided only the very best homes. Many situations do not allow the animal owner to ensure this process is done. Many situations are necessary immediately due to safety or illness of the animals and some situations are because of third party intervention. Once we bring new animals to our farm, the animals are medically, socially, and physically inspected. Some of these processes may take up-to 6 months to ensure proper and complete evaluation. Once evaluated, some animals may not be ready to re-home. Some may need extended medical care, some may need behavioral work, and some will need neutering.
Rescue operations need capital to operate. One vet call is anywhere from $400 to $4000. TO support our expenses, we have started providing fleece and alpaca bean tea products. We sell anything from raw fleece to roving to finished fine yarn and rug yarn. We retail Alpaca Bean Tea, which is a compost tea high in nitrogen and potassium. We also have started a breeding program for our higher quality fleece alpacas for people who want to raise fleece animals. As with our rescues, in order for an alpaca transfer, a complete application which includes personal and vet references, a site visit, and a completed training program or knowledge assessment prior to re-homing.
We are currently looking at expanding with a 4-H program, an alpaca tour program which includes an onsite store, interaction area, and a 15 minute educational lecture. We also are looking into providing therapy alpaca sessions for Veterans and medically needy. We are currently working on funding for these expansions.
As for today, we currently have 25 alpacas, 10 apples trees and in Port Angeles it rains a lot less than 349 days a year
