The owner of a former alpaca farm in Egg Harbor Township is selling her 30-acre property and offering to include three of the animals as part of the package. The Southern-style plantation home ...

Outlaw Farm Alpacas, 35915 Law Road in Grafton, has kicked off the holiday season with Christmas open houses every weekend until Dec. 25. Guests will have the opportunity to get “up close and personal ...

“Super Sale, Female Alpacas for $1000,” the ads proclaimed, in all caps. The offer was 90 percent off the animals’ original purchase price, the owners claimed. Males could be had for just $200 a head.

But by 2008, the boom had all but gone bust, as increasing supply, coupled with the economic crisis, pushed the industry off a cliff. Ranches closed, and rescue organizations sprang up across the ...