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When we spoke a few years ago, he was splitting his time between northern Virginia and a farm in Wales, where he and his wife were raising llamas.

From Slate • Dec. 23, 2025

Bluetongue virus affects cattle, goats, sheep, deer and camelids such as llamas and alpacas.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

And if you’d like to save your back or bring a few extra snacks, you can hire a mule team or rent llamas that, after taking an orientation, you will guide along the trail.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2025

This fanciful vision of New York is populated by animals: sporty ducks, punk rock monkeys, buffalo mail carriers, penguins shouldering boomboxes, and a disproportionate number of llamas.

From New York Times • May 30, 2024

The cool highlands of Mexico would have provided ideal conditions for raising llamas, guinea pigs, and potatoes, all domesticated in the cool highlands of the South American Andes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond