Hay unos 3 mil en el país, y calculan que en 30 años desaparecerían. Su pelaje es más fino que el de la alpaca y más corto que el de la vicuña. Jane C. Wheeler es la presidenta del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo de Camélidos Sudamericanos (Conopa), y hasta hoy no sabe por qué no se impulsa algún plan o campaña nacional -tal como ocurrió alguna vez con la vicuña- para evitar la desaparición...

La Dra. Jane Wheeler vicepresidente de Conopa (Instituto Peruano de Investigación y Desarrollo de Camélidos Sudamericanos) lidera un proyecto Procom - financiado por Concytec- en donde utiliza una prueba de ADN para identificar y separar a los animales híbridos de un rebaño élite, buscando identificar animales puros de fibra fina… Read more

La Dra. Jane Wheeler de Conopa, explicó que el taller tiene por meta alcanzar acuerdos “con todos los actores interesados en salvar la especie y llegar a una declaración de compromiso en que se establezca un plan de manejo del animal”… Read more

by Sue Wilde “When I graduated, a Senior Fulbright-Hays Fellowship took me to Peru for what I thought would be a brief visit to look at llama and alpaca herding before returning to work in the Middle East. Obviously that did not happen and Peru and its camelids have been my life ever since.” … Read more

In the first programme Peter joins the team in Peru where alpaca farming is crucial to the local economy. The once soft and luxurious alpaca hair has become degraded by years of over-breeding and the scientists’ task is to identify the gene associated with the finest hair. Obtaining samples from the animals at high altitude and in unpredicatable weather is no easy matter though. Listen the Programme

by Sue Wilde “When I graduated, a Senior Fulbright-Hays Fellowship took me to Peru for what I thought would be a brief visit to look at llama and alpaca herding before returning to work in the Middle East. Obviously that did not happen and Peru and its camelids have been my life ever since.” … Read more

By Heather Pringle In november 1533, Francisco Pizarro rode triumphantly into Cuzco, the royal capital of the Inca empire, and took stock of its storied treasures. With just 180 hardened soldiers of fortune at his command, the… Read more

2005 BBC London, Panorama program on molecular genetics and biodiversity of the alpaca. 2005 La Buena Terra, TNP, Peru 2003 Poles Production & Communication Ltd. for French Television, France 2003 Camelid Comeback by Carol Marzuola, Science News, 163(2):26-28. 2002 Woolly Ancestry by Stephan Reebs, Natural History, 6/02:16. 2002 La Buena Terra, TNP, Peru 2002 The Gene Team, Radio 4, BBC, UK 2002 Eternal...