Lisa Vella-Gatt, 46, hugs her alpaca Rowen at her farm near Benfeita, Portugal. Lisa, who is Maltese, went to Portugal from England in 2009 to set up Monte Frio Alpacas, a project in which she breeds the wool-producing species . Lisa’s 14 alpacas produce about 50 kilos of wool annually. See also http://montefrioalpacas.com .

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