He was called Little Man, a white llama with gentle brown eyes, and he took his guard job seriously. When the recent Cajon Pass brush fire roared through Hesperia rancher Bruce Schumacher’s 10-acre ...

A llama in County Clare has been tasked with the important job of watching over a flock of sheep, and he's the only one this farmer trusts to do it well. Tom Gleeson, 75, has enlisted the services of ...

RURAL CAMARGO – The trouble with keeping animals is that sometimes they're bound to get out. Local police officers have dealt with plenty of escapees – cows and horses, probably even sheep. Tuesday's ...

Sheep farmers have used dogs for centuries to protect their flocks from predators. But in recent years, another animal has joined the effort: the llama. "All of a sudden that seems to be taking off.

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Spitting, kicking and a strange noise akin to a squeaky door hinge are enough to convince even the most vicious predators to move on. That is the thought behind the guard llama.

Chad and Colleen Warren''s best shepherd of their 250 sheep is tall and furry with remarkably long legs and neck, and comes from South America. At first sight, you wouldn''t expect it to be much help ...

The llamas have been regulars at the Michigan Fiber Festival and will likely attend again this year, depending on the weather, Volkmann said. The sheep have made sporadic visits since the couple ...

Goats, alpacas and llamas, oh my. This weekend at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival in the Hudson Valley of New York, those animals will face off in Leaping Llamas, an event to see which can clear ...

Spitting, kicking and a strange noise akin to a squeaky door hinge are enough to convince even the most vicious predators to move on. That is the thought behind the guard llama. Jeff Hasbrouck of ...