Autumn 2000 . Issue No. 55 What you will find inside issue No. 55 Links will connect you to the author's email address. Cover Illustration - by Paige McGrath

Editorial

• If We're So Smart... - Jo Ann McGrath

Letters to the Editor

News

• ILR Wants to Go Into Publishing Business
• LANA Extends $148K MAP Research Fund
• Active Membership Hinges on Paid Transactions (ILR)
• Canada-U.S. Meet on Medical Research - Bob Frost, 3rd Vice President U.S. Animal Health Association
• New Zealand Breeder Relflects on 'Maturing' Alpaca Market Nic Cooper
• Montana Refuge Needs Your Support - Kathryn Warrington
• CAL-ILA Donation to Llama Lifeline.

In Short

Health

• Health Questions for Dr. Fowler
• Llamas at Risk: Rattlesnake Bite! - Sharon S. Bramblett
• Preparing for the Aged Llama - Karen I. Timm, DVM, PhD and Bradford B. Smith DVM, PhD

Husbandry

• Barns and Shelters - Jo Ann McGrath
• Book Review: 'Selected Topics on Camelids' - Reviewed by Murray E. Fowler, DVM

Breeding

• Legendary Sire

  Pierre's Viva Camacho

• Grand Dam

  Big Sky's Chlotilda

• Stirring the Pot - Joyce Abrams
• From the Minutes of the ILR

Marketing

• Llamallennium Bucks the Trend - Paige McGrath
• If You Want to Make Lamas a Business Make Sure You Know How To Sell - Jo Ann McGrath
• Firecracker - M.E. Davidson
• Postcard From the Edge of Time

Alpacas

• Australian Breeders Plan Beyond 2000 for Their Market - Sylva Barns
• Worldwide Fiesta in Peru in October - Sylva Barns

Showing

• LLII Judging Llama Conformation - with Carolyn Blalock
• Ohio State Fair Sees 540 Llamas - Judy Ross
• What the ALSA Board is Doing
• Show Results:

  Rogue River Gold

Training

• Trainers Reveal There is No Upside to Abuse- Jim and Amy Logan
• Cart Training: Beginning Techniques Step IV - John L. Piper

Packing

• Lost in the Wilderness - Trudy Green
• Teaching Your Llama to Play Basketball/OK, How About: Training Your Pack Llama Dick Sheehan
• WILA Packers Inaugurate 'Luke Smoothwalker' - Jay Rais
• WILA Rendezvous 2000 - Jay Rais

Outreach

• Llama-Assisted Therapy - Myra Ducharme
• On the Soap Box... 'The Case Against Meat' - Lance Hardcastle

Online

• eMail & URL Directory
• How to Create Your Own Web Site - Sandy Stillwell

People

• Kosovar Refugees Offer Custom Knitting Service - Sheila Fugina
• Lora Crawford Receives LANA's Lifetime Achievement Award 2000
• Think You're Tired of Llamas? Buy a Goat - Lance Hardcastle
• Meet Roger Klein
• Llama Magic Targets Kids, New Owners - Sheila Fugina
• The Past as Prologue

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