Summer 1998 . Issue No. 46 What you will find inside issue No. 46 Links will connect you to the author's email address. Cover Illustration - by Paige McGrath

Editorial

• It's the Llamas, Stupid! - Jo Ann McGrath

OP/ED

• Letters to the Editor

News

• ILA Cancels Annual Conference: Low Attendence Cited
• 'ILA Needs to Reinvent Itself" - Art Kennel
• Lama Care Committee Evolves from Symposium '98 - Joyce Abrams
• Trouble in Paradise: Importation Fight Rips Alpaca Industry - Gordon Cucullu
• Vets Gather for First East Coast Confab - David F. anderson, DVM, MS
• Alpaca/Llama Symposium '98 was 'Upbeat' - Sheila Fugina
• Llama Woods Sale Labor Day Weekend - JAM

In Short

Husbandry

• Canadian Association Requires Permanent ID- Janis Schole
• Cosmopolitan Experts Meet in Australia - Sylva Barns

Breeding

• What is a Breeding Program- Lorraine Guyn and Virginia Christensen
• "Ponch H-H" Obituary - Sandee Scott

Marketing

• Hartman Spring Fling in Far Flung Tecumseh - Nancy Larson
• A Garden Atmostphere Complements Chesapeake Llama and Alpacas Expo - Tom Peddy
• Celebrity Impresario Views Market - Jo Ann McGrath
• Llamas and Ttulips - Marilynn Larson
• New Llama Owners Emerge From Annual MARICO Fair - Alan Witkin
• Spring Celebration Recap: '98 Spring Celebrity Prices Included
• 'Value-Added Llama' - Karen Conyngham

Outreach

• Lama Lifeline Serves Through Education - Cris Jennings
• Perry McGee Establishes NY Sanctuary - JAM
• Offshoot Llama RescueNet Seeks Tax Exempt States - Eva LaMar
• Artist Reflects on Her Inspirations - Lenore Kobayashi
• Offer Your Input on National Care Standards

Showing

• LLII Judging Llama Conformation with Carol Hicks
• 'Travelteering' (Long Distance Volunteering) - Madeleine Landis
• Showing Off: A Quick Guide to Showmanship - Paige McGrath
• Show Results:

  The Virginia Classic

  San Antonio Livestock Exposition

• Championships Debut
• Results of Alpaca Judging - Sylva Barns
• Queensland Show Introduces Llamas in Action - Sylva Barns

On the Trail

• Taking Llamas on the Trail: Part V - Tom Landis
• Llama Packing Contest Peruvian Style - Karen Timm, Monica Garcia Gamero, Bradford Smith

Training

• Clicker Training - Jim and Amy Logan

Books

• Llama Babies: Up Dry & Nursing by Barbara Norris Anderson - reviewed by Dena Thurmond
• Author of First Book About Llamas: Ruth Janette Ruck Published in 1978 Along Came a Llama - JAM

Online

• Op-Ed On the Web
• Australia on the Internet - Sylva Barns
• eMail & URL Directory
• Need Brief, Practical Information to Give New Owners? - 18 Things...
• Check Out These Cool Sites!

  the llama question and answer page Yellow Wood Llama Cam

People

• July Production Sale at Co-Rect Ranch
• Accentuate the Positive, Eliminate the Negative
• A "Clinical" Approach to Llamas 101
• Odyssey of 'Courage Under Fiber'

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