At Small Farm Canada we don’t normally write about too many things from the United States, but this one was just too cute to pass up.
The US Alpaca Owners Association is seizing on national colouring day on August 2 in the US to offer free coloring pages to download from its website as well as a discount to purchase its colouring book.
The media release says, “According to the Mayo Clinic Health System, coloring can improve your health by promoting mindfulness, relieving stress, and embracing the imperfect. Many people would say the same about alpacas!”
Download the US Alpaca Owners Association Alpaca Colouring Sheet and Maze
Download the US Alpaca Owners Association Alpaca Word Search
The Canadian and US Alpaca associations are actually quite different. The Canadian Llama and Alpaca Association's (CLAA) main "raison d'être" is “to develop, identify and register new world camelids in Canada.” This is not the role of the association in the United States.
Did you know that technically, the word “lama" is the accepted plural of llamas, alpacas, guanacos and vicunas. The association says its name accurately reflects the two main breeds being registered in Canada: alpacas and llamas. The first alpacas and llamas in Canada were mostly imported from Chile and Peru in 1992.
CLAA has three types of llamas and alpacas registration:
- Foundation Stock – for which there are no registered parents, that were brought into Canada prior to registry closure
- Purebreds – animals born to two parents of the same breed
- Percentage Purebred – offspring of a registered parent bred to a 0 percent animal of the same breed
For more information about the Canadian Llama and Alpaca Association, visit the website: https://www.claacanada.com.