There are two kinds of alpacas – the Huacaya and the Suri. Huacaya are far the most frequent, representing 90 % of the Peruvian herd and undoubtedly the most in North America. Huacaya fur generates from the alpaca’s body is described by the crimp and loft. The Suri has fur that drapes from their body in pencil-sized ringlets. Although lacking in the crimp of the Huacaya fiber, Suri fiber’s smoother fiber shaft gives the fiber a more lustrous look and a smoother handle. “The alpaca is a member of the camelid family, which includes the African Dromedary camel (the one hump camel), the Asian Bactrian camel (the two hump camel), as well as the alpaca’s closer South American relatives — the llama, the vicuna and the guanaco” (Phipps). The ancestor…show more content… absolutely in favor, 2. wanting to learn more, 3.apathetic or, don’t care what they do, I am going to breed to my own standard, and 4. absolutely and aggressively against breed standards of any kind.” The breeders who favor ethics believe the practice of animal breeding is the pursuit of perfection and morals as useful guides in the pursuit for the supreme alpaca. The opponents of breed ethics predict doom if the standards are adopted, frequently suggesting that pressure from authoritative characters involved in the trade are behind the effort to authorize ethics. Alpaca breed ethics in North America had a positive impact on alpaca breed improvement since they were first executed in 1989. Many U.S. alpaca breeders are unaware of the dynamic role that ethics have played in the advancement of the national herd.
Once alpaca owners make their way through the arguments made against the official recognition of the breed ethics, they will find that the ethics are a good idea for a variety of reasons: standards encourage excellence in both conformation and fleece; they guide selection away from genetic defects; they help create more commercially productive alpacas; and they encourage more consistent judging at alpaca shows” (Alpaca