Spring 2002 . Issue No. 61 What you will find inside issue No. 61 Links will connect you to the author's email address. Cover Illustration - by Paige McGrath

Editorial

• Different Strokes - Jo Ann McGrath

Letters

• Letters to the Editor

News

• Europe's Alpaca Breeders Mull Single DNA-based Registry - Eric Hoffman
• FMD in the U.K. - Some Lessons Learned - Mary Marshall
• Llama Droppings Help Combat Water Pollution
• Open Letter to ALSA Member/Why I Quit - Paige McGrath
• National Meeting Planned in KC/Llama Community 2002 - Karen Conyngham
• LANA Plans Quincy Expo 2002
• Owners to Choose ILR Board Member
• Views: Informing the New Lama Buyer - Jo Ann McGrath
• Can Alpaca Breeders Change the Climate? - Sylva Barns
• Teenager Elected to ORGLE Boad - Sheila Fugina
• Obituaries
  Erma Hast - submitted by Bob Russell
  James Richard (Dick) Hayes - submitted by Dick and Linda Reichle

In Short

Breeding

• Legendary Sire

  Peruvian Bardo

• Grand Dams

  Ivory Pond's Daphne

• We Have Twins! - Marty St. Clair
• Via's Romeo (#68243)

Health

• First Aid: At Home, on the Trail, at a Show - Murray Fowler, DVM
• IgG and Plasma Transfusions - Don Jorgensen
• Cria Benefits from Creative Measure - Leon Morgenstern
• Arkansas Adopts New Camelid Regulations - Hal Cornell, News Editor LAArk Reporting

Husbandry

• New Owners Need Information - Zelma Cleaveland
• A Case for Tubing Crias - Sylva Barns
• A Program for Managing Males - Paul Taylor

Marketing

• Marketing is Not a Four-Letter Word - Tom Marino
• A Llama Auction Changed Our Lives - Jeff Litishin
• Pet Expo is a Fertile Field - Jack and Donna Moore
• Llama Supplies Vendor Takes Industry's Pulse - Sheila Fugina
• Llama Magic Offers Cahs Prizes for Llama Tricks - Sheila Fugina

Showing

• New Double Point Hobob Classic Gets Raves
• Show Results:
  Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival
  San Antonio Rodeo Llama Show

Fiber

• How to Make Felted Finger Puppets - Sheila Fugina
• LANA Awards Prizes to National Wool Contest Winners - Sheila Fugina
• Fiber Craft Taught from Soup to Nuts

Training

• Here's a Fiber Point Spring Tune-Up - Jim and Amy Logan
• New Addition to the Family
• Real Men Hug Llamas (Part 2) - Jim Krowka

Online

• eMail & URL Directory

Calendar of Events

Crossword Puzzle of Advertisers

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