Winter 2004-05 . Issue No. 72 What you will find inside issue No. 72 Links will connect you to the author's e-mail address. Cover Illustration - 'Gingerbread' - by Paige McGrath

Letters

Editorial

• A Winter of Discontent - Jo Ann McGrath

News

• ILR Responds to ForstnerÕs Attacks - Jan Wassink, ILR
• Former Director Seeks to Sue AOBA Board
• Canadian Camelid Crossing Ban Continues
• Working Group Reveals Industry Study -(NatÕl ID)
• ÔCollectiblesÕ President Resigns
• Aussie Assn. Has Share of Legal Disputes - Sylva Barns

In Short

• Jewels of NEOLA
• Pregnancy From Frozen Embryo
• LLII ÔMost PopularÕ
• Price in ThailandÕ
• Llama Song on Web Site

Obituaries

• Earl Wells, 1929 - 2004
• Grace Ann Gray, 1929 - 2004

Alpacas

• AOBA Legal Storm Creates Blizzard of Charges and Counter Charges
• Ana Romanik vs. Jerry Forstner
• Americans Speak at Aussie Confab - Sylva Barns
• Shearing in Peruvian Highlands - Eric Hoffman

Health and Husbandry

• Meningeal Worm Infection - DVMs Mia Frezzo, David Anderson
• Texas Vesicular Stomatitis Quarantines Released

Breeding

• Book Review - A BreederÕs Guide to Genetics - Melanie Forde Reviewer
• Eight-year-Old Dam Produces Twins - Cyndi Smith

Events

• Running of the Llamas - Sheila Fugina
• Useful Practices Highlight Australian Meeting - Sylva Barns
• LANAÕs Youth Winner Named
• LANAÕs Ô05 Expo
• LANA Seeks Youthful Competitors

Marketing

• Why Some Lama ÔBusinessesÕ Fail - Marty McGee Bennett
• A Change in the Offing - GoodyearsÕ Herd For Sale
• LFA Sales Results
• Fiberglass Llamas Sold - Lars and Gayle Garrison

Showing

• ALSA Open Forum, New Directors - Kay Sharpnack
• Prices at Australian Alpaca Show and Sale
• Show Results
  ALSA Grand National
  California State Fair
  Albemarle County Fair

Fiber

• Characteristics of Alpaca Fiber - Ted Chepolis

Archives

• A Question of Breeds - Daniel Weston Schoenthal

Outreach

• Catch Me if You Can - Lana Lifeline (Fugina, Jennings,Schmidt, Spalding)

  Editorial

Web

• URL Directory

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