Our Website designer and current webmaster Russell Ives, has been supporting friends in their 200 mile run over an 8 day period, across the width of Britain between St Bees in the Lake District and Robin Hoods Bay on the Yorkshire coast. Thats more than a marathon a day ! The run was to raise much needed funds for the charity The Christie and for some reason the boys thought it would be fun to wear

The Reports presented to the meeting are available for members to read in the Members Only area of the Forum.

The Veterinary Medicines Directorate is seeking to gather information on the instances of tampered or fraudulent prescriptions for veterinary medicines. A paper has been put together by the VMD with a number of questions in relation to this issue and they would be grateful for comments, in particular from the veterinary profession and pharmacists. They are also seeking suggestions on how to improve

The April Edition of the Readers Digest poses the question "Is Lynda Snell a member of BLS?"Lynda Snell and her llamas of The Archers fame, should be and so should you if you own Llamas - join us now at only £35 p.a.You can join on line through this website and to convince you of the benefits, why not ask for a free copy of a past edition of our Llamallink magazine by emailing Editor@BritishLlamaSociety.org

Nidderdale Llamas appeared in The Dales on ITV1 on the 26 March. Suzanne Benson and her Llamas were a little disappointed that the clip was short and not really what they had expected, She says “ After 8 weeks of filming llamas in training, visits to hotels with the llamas, day treks and interviewing customers, we expected a little more ‘llama trekking exposure’ and more of our...

BLS MEMBERS ONLY : On Saturday May 19th Mary and David Pryse of Catanger Llamas are going to host the 2012 BLS conference at their farm near Towcester. This is a new venture for BLS and if it is successful then we hope to make it an annual event which would be held in different parts of the country each year.A conference perhaps implies to many a series of learned papers given in a slick conference...

An update map is available under the Health and Welfare section of this website.

BLS MEMBERS ONLY : To be held 19 May 2012 - see calendar for further details

bTB – BADGER CULL - Your Society has backed the Government in its decision to go ahead with the badger cull. At the moment there are 2 areas highlighted, West Somerset and West Gloucestershire. If you have animals in either of these areas, we would ask you to support the cull by letting your nearest NFU office know. The culls will not take place until after the Olympic Games, i.e. Autumn

SCHMALLENBERG VIRUS - This is a follow up to the alert issued by the Society on the 25 January 2012. This is a very fast moving virus and more cases are being discovered on a daily basis. To date no reports of camelids have been received by the Authorities either in Europe or the UK. Livestock being reported with the virus in the UK are sheep and cows, with goats being reported in Europe. This

The annual BLS AGM will take place this year on Sunday 11th March 2012 at RAs Stoneleigh in the Jersey Pavilion starting at 11.00 am. Coffee and tea will be available from 10.30 am and you can book a lunch for £8.75. Full details are found in the Meetings and Minutes area in the members area of the forum. If you would like to come then please send in the reply form with a cheque for lunch if you

Members of the Society enjoy access to a wealth of information and support from other owners. A magazine is issued quarterly to members only. Email Editor@BritishLlamaSociety.org to request a sample back copy of our magazine - we will send you a pdf and hope you will be so impressed you go to the "Join the BLS" page here on the website and apply for membership !!

What appears to be a new virus has been discovered in the North Rhein Westphalia district of the west of Germany, and in Holland.  It has been named Schmallenberg virus after the small town where it was first discovered.Outbreaks of disease were originally seen in cattle last August. Clinical signs exhibited by affected cattle included fever, reduced milk yields, inappetance, weight loss and...

WINTER CATCH UP -Remember if we have a really cold spell, below freezing for a number of days, always break any ice on the water and look out for signs of your camelids not drinking. Some camelids will not drink freezing water. In these cases (very few) add a little hot water to the bucket so the water is cold but not icy and check the animal drinks some. Hay is very dry and therefore our animals...

The Secretary of State has announced the go ahead for controlled culling of badgers as part of the package of measures to tackle bovine TB. The approach will be piloted in two areas in 2012. Open up this article and then Click here to read the full statement issued on the 14 December 2011. You may also be interested in the response from Charles Henry (Farmers Guardian) which mentions alpacas and

The Scottish Government, Defra and Welsh Government (the GB Administrations) have worked together to prepare a Foot and Mouth Disease Control Strategy for Great Britain (the ‘Strategy’).  The aim of the Strategy is to consolidate GB Administrations current policies and response to control an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD).   The Strategy encompasses existing legislation,

Sunday 2nd October 2011 We had an excellent turnout on a beautiful day for the annual gathering at our house for the Llama Trek and tea. Although this is an East Midlands Group event we welcomed several visitors, some with and some without llamas, Steve and Chris Pankhurst and Caroline Champion from Shropshire, Steve and Lois Swift with their daughter and her partner from Worcestershire, and John

WORLD ALPACA CONFERENCE 2012 to be held at Keble College, Oxford, UK on 10th - 12th April 2012. Alpaca 2012 is being organised to provide interest for all levels of alpaca ownership with formal lectures plus hands-on workshops, to create an intimate 'alpaca experience' to ensure that allparticipants gain the maximum benefit from the conference.There are a LIMITED number of places available

Autumn has arrived and hopefully you all have your winter feed either in stock or reserved for you.If you have hard feed left over from last winter, check it for signs of mould. If mouldy, throw it away as it could harbor bacteria. (My birds love it but if you feed the birds, do it out of the reach of vermin or you are asking for trouble).Now is a good time to give the annual vaccination to your animals.