The Alpaca Journal
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Alpaca Journal

Volume 2, Issue 1
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Our Future: Alpaca Breed Standards or Flip of the Coin?

By Mike Safley

         The industry is making steady progress on breed standards.  Only last year the old Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association, Inc. (AOBA) Board of Directors force through an ill-advised by-law change that declared that there would be no alpaca breed standards established without two-thirds of the AOBA membership voting in favor of the proposed standard.  As it turns out the Colorado Appeals court decided that the old Board of Directors had acted in a manner that was contrary to the Colorado statutes for non-profit corporations.  The court reversed the Board of Directors’ actions.  The issue, of breed standards, is now back in play and the industry has some decisions to make.  Read the entire article

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