Larry
the llama
As we
drove home yesterday I glanced over at the neighbors property as they
usually have a couple of horses grazing but no there was no sign of
them. However at the back of the pasture was a big white/gray woolly
creature. Mike stopped the car and I ran across the road to get a
photo. The creature came nearer , slowly at first and then when I
made encouraging noises came right over to the fence to see me.
Now he
( I guess it was a he) had that snooty, arrogant look that seemed to
say. “If you haven't get a treat for me, I'll spit on you !”so
I kept well back. He did have a wooly coat but close up he had big
patches of brown on the gray. Interesting animal but I'm not sure if
it was a llama or an alpaca. I've noticed a few of those around some
of the field in this area lately.
I'm
also not sure if these are kept as pets or have been rescued. A
couple of years ago it seemed every other field had a couple or so
donkeys .That was when a couple of donkey sanctuaries went out of
business and lots of donkeys had to find new homes. There was also a
zebra in a field right by our town hall, but his owner said he had
been rescued as well. Along one of the major highways there is a
field that always has a herd of buffalo grazing there. Once it even
had a camel mixed in with the herd.
I
guess we have a lot of kindly folk around here that rescue these odd
animals to give them a home so it makes for interesting driving .
I
think I still prefer the horses .
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