Vicunas: Bearers of the Golden Fleece.(attempts to protect vicunas through taking their fleece)(includes related article on vicunas)

Animals | May 1, 1999| | Copyright

Their wool made them targets to poachers. Can a legal trade now help safeguard vicunas?

At 14,000 feet intense sunlight shimmers over a great gray expanse of dry scrub and far-off towering peaks capped by snow. There are no trees, no cover, and nowhere to hide. Some of the villagers begin pointing at a dust cloud moving rapidly down a distant slope. At breakneck speed vicunas emerge from the dust, outstretched necks thrust ahead of long-legged, lithe bodies.

Vicunas of all ages race over rough, rocky terrain, parallel to a mile-long rope held by 250 ...

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