Save alpacas from dying of cold




As we announced before, we launch this new campaign on Indiegogo, an iniciative created to give the appropiate solution to most of the problems we described previously, a great work developed by the team.


A campaign to save alpacas and on a secondary level to help herders who take care of them. We show how you can help and the small rewards you can get in exchange of your contribution.

https://igg.me/at/ZGjXgPaVYBc/x/13530114

Save Alpacas from dying of cold

A campaign created to help the alpacas, a species that has suffered for so long, and this will continue if we do not act, so we decided to create a campaign on INDIEGOGO to help these animals with the purchase of medicines, vitamins, veterinary visits not only when they get sick but also to control their health and feeding. Furthermore, something very important, the construction of shelters to protect them. And finally the creation of an organization to take care of welfare and reproduction of this species, which hundreds of thousands of them die and disappear because of cold.

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Wrongful death of these animals, the lack of interest among people and the incompetence to solve the problems, are the reasons that have led us to start a new project.

Discussing with the members of the team, we decided to form a task force to save Camelids, fragile and vulnerable animals, a group that will take care of the needs,ensure their survival and also increase their population.

This will be achieved by working with communities, we will seek the necessary funds to achieve our goals and with a good organizationaid will get to these helpless animals.

The first step is launching a campaign on a virtual platform collection and achieve together the necessary funds to provide support, that is why we need your help to successfully complete this noble work.

Wait for our next post to see every advances of this campaign, thanks

Peru's Cold Temperatures Kill At Least 133 Alpaca

People too have been killed by complications related to the extreme cold wave sweeping the southern Andes.

At least 133 alpaca died of starvation during heavy snowfall in Peru earlier this August, according to the Huamanga farming agency. Video footage released this week shows the devastating effect it has had on the local community.

According to Reuters, the mayor of the Cojata region, Alfonso Ojedo, said Monday, "There are no grasslands ... the alpaca's fields are fully covered over, pure white, so the little alpaca are sad, some of them are about to die, some have died."

Temperatures as low as minus 18 degrees Celsius in the Vinchos district in the south of Peru led to the deaths of the animals, which are vital for locals for food and transport as well as for their fleece.

Some areas saw 50 centimeters of snowfall, which covered the high plains where the alpaca normally graze – some 3,500 meters (11,483 feet) above sea level.

Local authorities are calling for support for the some 3,000 local alpaca farmers.

"There are no crops, there is no hay, no potatoes, so we are asking for feed for our animals because everything is covered in snow," said Lieutenant Governor of Cojata, Roberto Mamano.

While the total number of dead animals is relatively low, the total number of animals affected is estimated at 2,672.

The cold wave hitting Peru’s southern Andes has also affected children and created a pandemic of respiratory diseases through the year, according to the country’s Health Ministry.

This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: 

"http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Perus-Cold-Temperatures-Kill-At-Least-133-Alpaca-20150819-0008.html". If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english

People too have been killed by complications related to the extreme cold wave sweeping the southern Andes.
At least 133 alpaca died of starvation during heavy snowfall in Peru earlier this August, according to the Huamanga farming agency. Video footage released this week shows the devastating effect it has had on the local community.

According to Reuters, the mayor of the Cojata region, Alfonso Ojedo, said Monday, "There are no grasslands ... the alpaca's fields are fully covered over, pure white, so the little alpaca are sad, some of them are about to die, some have died."

Temperatures as low as minus 18 degrees Celsius in the Vinchos district in the south of Peru led to the deaths of the animals, which are vital for locals for food and transport as well as for their fleece.

Some areas saw 50 centimeters of snowfall, which covered the high plains where the alpaca normally graze – some 3,500 meters (11,483 feet) above sea level.

Local authorities are calling for support for the some 3,000 local alpaca farmers.

"There are no crops, there is no hay, no potatoes, so we are asking for feed for our animals because everything is covered in snow," said Lieutenant Governor of Cojata, Roberto Mamano.

While the total number of dead animals is relatively low, the total number of animals affected is estimated at 2,672.

The cold wave hitting Peru’s southern Andes has also affected children and created a pandemic of respiratory diseases through the year, according to the country’s Health Ministry.

This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: 
 "http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Perus-Cold-Temperatures-Kill-At-Least-133-Alpaca-20150819-0008.html". If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english

People too have been killed by complications related to the extreme cold wave sweeping the southern Andes.
At least 133 alpaca died of starvation during heavy snowfall in Peru earlier this August, according to the Huamanga farming agency. Video footage released this week shows the devastating effect it has had on the local community.

According to Reuters, the mayor of the Cojata region, Alfonso Ojedo, said Monday, "There are no grasslands ... the alpaca's fields are fully covered over, pure white, so the little alpaca are sad, some of them are about to die, some have died."

Temperatures as low as minus 18 degrees Celsius in the Vinchos district in the south of Peru led to the deaths of the animals, which are vital for locals for food and transport as well as for their fleece.

Some areas saw 50 centimeters of snowfall, which covered the high plains where the alpaca normally graze – some 3,500 meters (11,483 feet) above sea level.

Local authorities are calling for support for the some 3,000 local alpaca farmers.

"There are no crops, there is no hay, no potatoes, so we are asking for feed for our animals because everything is covered in snow," said Lieutenant Governor of Cojata, Roberto Mamano.

While the total number of dead animals is relatively low, the total number of animals affected is estimated at 2,672.

The cold wave hitting Peru’s southern Andes has also affected children and created a pandemic of respiratory diseases through the year, according to the country’s Health Ministry.

This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: 
 "http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Perus-Cold-Temperatures-Kill-At-Least-133-Alpaca-20150819-0008.html". If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english

People too have been killed by complications related to the extreme cold wave sweeping the southern Andes.
At least 133 alpaca died of starvation during heavy snowfall in Peru earlier this August, according to the Huamanga farming agency. Video footage released this week shows the devastating effect it has had on the local community.

According to Reuters, the mayor of the Cojata region, Alfonso Ojedo, said Monday, "There are no grasslands ... the alpaca's fields are fully covered over, pure white, so the little alpaca are sad, some of them are about to die, some have died."

Temperatures as low as minus 18 degrees Celsius in the Vinchos district in the south of Peru led to the deaths of the animals, which are vital for locals for food and transport as well as for their fleece.

Some areas saw 50 centimeters of snowfall, which covered the high plains where the alpaca normally graze – some 3,500 meters (11,483 feet) above sea level.

Local authorities are calling for support for the some 3,000 local alpaca farmers.

"There are no crops, there is no hay, no potatoes, so we are asking for feed for our animals because everything is covered in snow," said Lieutenant Governor of Cojata, Roberto Mamano.

While the total number of dead animals is relatively low, the total number of animals affected is estimated at 2,672.

The cold wave hitting Peru’s southern Andes has also affected children and created a pandemic of respiratory diseases through the year, according to the country’s Health Ministry.

This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: 
 "http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Perus-Cold-Temperatures-Kill-At-Least-133-Alpaca-20150819-0008.html". If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english

This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: 
 "http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Perus-Cold-Temperatures-Kill-At-Least-133-Alpaca-20150819-0008.html". If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english

Peru Alpaca, vicuña-fiber garment appreciated at Pure London 2016 fair

London (UK), Feb. 17. Peruvian participation at Pure London Fair was successful, the Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Alpaca and vicuña fiber garments plus accessories were appreciated by thousands of attendees to London's most important textile and fashion event, which led to consolidating deals worth US$100,000.

Peruvian enterprises Kuna, Raffa, Jenny Duarte and Velavera put their exclusive baby alpaca, royal alpaca and vicuña-fiber clothes on display, which stood out thanks to their high quality.

The Foreign Trade and Tourism Ministry —represented by Peru's London-based Trade Office (OCEX) and PromPeru— supported the participation of national companies with the purpose of promoting their internationalization and positioning national brands on foreign markets. 

Minister Magali Silva stressed the fact that Pure London became an important platform for the promotion of Peruvian Alpaca brand; a strategy, which has contributed to exhibiting alpaca-fiber products overseas, as well as to promoting national exports.

Within this framework, Peruvian businesspeople held meetings with diverse clients and established new contacts with 134 purchasers from England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, Jordan, Italy, United States, Spain, Portugal, Sweden and China. 

Pure London saw the participation of 7,000 attendees among representatives of department stores and boutique chains, purchasers, agents and members of the media.

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Published: 2/17/2016

Original

http://www.andina.com.pe/Ingles/noticia-peru-alpaca-vicunafiber-garment-appreciated-at-pure-london-2016-fair-599430.aspx

A shadow that disturbed thousands of alpacas victims of the intense cold. This animals which care is part of the activities of the native people. The villagers were really alarmed because they are their only source of income. “El tiempo”, try to illustrate this problem in the article published.

Una sombra que perturbo a cientos de miles de alpacas, victimas del intenso frio, estos animales, que forman parte de la vida de los pastores del lugar, se vieron  realmente alarmados ya que estos significan la única fuente de ingresos, “el tiempo”, nos trata de ilustrar este problema en el artículo que publico.

The cold that has claimed over 400 deaths in Peru has also affected herds of alpacas in the highlands of the country, where only in the Puno region 480 000 animals are endangered.

A child carries a dead alpaca in the cold Andean community of Puno, southeastern Peru. EFE

That amount represents 25 per cent of the group of this camelid living in the Peruvian region representing for many families their main source of livelihood.

The lack of food and shelter to protect alpacas from these low temperatures, that in some points have reached 23 degrees below zero, worries the alpaca owners of the area, struggling to avoid the humane killing of their animals.

Thus, people must devote constant attention to their animals, which often causes the respiratory diseases of the children to occupy a second level of importance.

"In the field, parents prefer to give more attention to livestock, because that activity generates them the only income to support her family," said the magistrate Hanajquia community, Daniel Calcina.

So far this year 409 people have died as a result of pneumonia associated with low temperatures.

Lima, EFE. July 26, 2010

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When natural disasters, such as a volcanic eruption, arise many problems, and the most affected are people and animals that make their living in the vicinity of the volcano, article published by "independet.ie", tells us what happened when going to areas near the volcano.

Cuando fuerzas poderosas, como la de la erupción de un volcán y todo lo que ello conlleva, surgen distintos problemas, y los más afectados son las personas y animales que por motivos ajenos a ellos, hacen su vida en la cercanía de un volcán, el artículo publicado por “independet.ie”, nos relata lo que ocurrió al entrar un volcán en erupción.

4,000 evacuated as volcano erupts 

Peruvian authorities have ordered the preventative evacuation of 4,000 people living near the Ubinas volcano, which has been spouting ash clouds up to two miles (nearly 4km) high.

The Andina state news agency quoted Agriculture Minister Juan Benites as saying it will take three days to move the residents of two southern districts and their 30,000 sheep, cows, horses, burros and other animals.

Peru's health ministry said about 40 people have complained of eye inflammation and stomach problems from ash that has been falling from Ubinas since March 29.

The 18,609ft (5,672m) volcano is Peru's most active. It most recent strong eruption period occurred from 2006-2009.

Press Association