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So the alpaca remains a rare animal today.
The alpaca has slowly been introduced to the rest of the world, but Peru still has 70-80% of thepopulation, Bolivia approximately 20%, and Chile 2%. The first alpacas imported to the United States arrived in 1983 from Bolivia and Chile. It was illegal to export alpacas from Peru until 1991,and US breeders got their first Peruvian alpacas in 1993. So the North American Alpaca is very young, but because of the dedication and care of the American breeders, numbers in the USA areincreasing, and the quality of the stock is improving due to careful selective breeding.
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