New Arrivals at the Sanctuary

These cheeky chaps joined us at The Llama Sanctuary recently. They were part of a large herd in Cornwall whose owner sadly passed away. Matt coordinated and led the rehoming this large herd - 135 animals approximately - the exact number seemed to change daily due to new born baby llamas popping out all over the place!

This was a colossal group effort - the largest rehoming exercise we have been involved in - and the sheer logistics of moving so many animals in a very tight time span was mind boggling. We had a matter of weeks to move them before they were culled.

To add to the challenge, the majority of the llamas had never been handled, and some were professional fence jumpers. Therefore it was important that they went to experienced homes with the proper facilities.

This became a full time job for Matt for a while, so thanks to everyone else here for going above and beyond and covering all the other daily tasks in his absence.

Whilst originally we had not intended to bring any of these llamas to The Llama Sanctuary, the four young boys in these pictures - Bob, Cooper, Gordon and Jojo Llama - had actually already been rehomed once to another local farm, but it quickly transpired that they were adept at jumping their fence and cavorting with the other animals on the farm!

As a result of these escapades, The Llama Sanctuary was contacted and it was decided that it would be best if they joined us here where they wouldn’t be able to cause so much trouble. Bob, Cooper, and Gordon are half guanaco - the wild, non-domesticated version of the llama. Jojo Llama is currently the youngest llama on site, at approximately eleven months, and is a very gentle, cute little boy.