ABQ's Alpacas in the United Kingdom
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White alpacas at Collingwood Alpacas.
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ABQ made their first shipment of alpacas to the UK in January 2003, 40 hembras (females) to Alpacas of Wessex of Wiltshire. This shipment was sold out very soon after arrival.
A further shipment of 155 white female alpacas of superb quality was delivered to Mark and Sarah Anderson of "Collingwood Alpacas" at St Ives Cambridgeshire England in May 2003. These formed the base for what has become the largest pure white alpaca herd in the UK .
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White Crias at Collingwood Alpacas
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In January 2005 Mark and Sarah took delivery of a further 25 superb white alpacas from Peru . They have all settled in well to their new environment. Mark and Sarah won their first show championship on their first show outing with a male from that shipment.
They won Champion Male Huacaya at the 2005 East of England show and then they went on to win Champion Male Huacaya at the 2005 Royal Show at Stoneleigh.
PERUVIAN ALPACAS exported through
Alpacas International Ltd. - www.alpacasinternational.net
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Supreme Champion Alpaca at the Royal Show 2005,
East of England Show 2005,
South of England Show 2005.
Geoff along with John Gaye , Dr Monyka Portocarrero, our Peruvian Consultant, and Tim Hey selected a shipment of 130 superb quality alpacas shipped from Peru for Alpacas of Wessex . These alpacas were sourced from Rural Alianza, the world's largest alpaca breeder, and other leading breeders in Peru.
This selection was sold very quickly to clients in the UK . As seen in the photos many of these alpacas went on to win Championships at the major Alpaca shows in the UK in 2005 and 2006 including Supreme Champion Alpaca at the 2005 Royal Show.
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Wiracocha
The famous Peruvian huacaya sire Wiracocha, five times National Champion in Peru , and at 14 years of age, won Supreme Champion Huacaya at his first show outing in the Royal Bath and West Show in 2005.
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