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25/04/2011
There are now around 25,000 Alpacas in the UK. Sarah Swadling explores how their valuable fleece is turned into knitting wool and garments, at a Warwickshire farm.
Alpacas have only been imported into the UK since 1996 but there are now around twenty five thousand of them in the country. The market for Alpaca fleece is becoming increasingly commercial, whether for ready made garments or knitting yarn. Sarah Swadling meets Rob Bettinson and his daughter Kerry Lord from Toft Alpacas, on their farm in Warwickshire.
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