Despite an untreated infection that is causing her great pain, Daisy the llama is surprisingly 91裸聊视频渕ild-tempered,91裸聊视频� according to Dee Martens, manager of in Aldergrove.

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91裸聊视频淚 think she knows we91裸聊视频檙e trying to help her.91裸聊视频�

Kensington Prairie Farm, which raises alpacas and llamas, was called by the BC SPCA on Nov. 8 to retrieve Daisy, who was suffering from an untreated tooth abscess that had left one side of her face so swollen she couldn91裸聊视频檛 see out of her eye.

Martens described the conditions at the other farm as 91裸聊视频渄eplorable.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淒aisy lived in a field with metre-high, dead grass and an active burn pile,91裸聊视频� Martens related.

91裸聊视频淥nce we finally caught her, we realized how skinny and terrified she was.91裸聊视频�

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A veterinarian who X-rayed Daisy reported that the abscess has caused a break in the bone structure in her face and she would require major surgery.

91裸聊视频淭he pressure and pain that Daisy must be feeling is heart-wrenching, 91裸聊视频� Martens commented.

Despite that, the llama is so good-natured that Martens has felt safe letting her one-year-old son, Porter Milton, lead Daisy about her paddock.

Daisy is getting antibiotics two times a day, as well as inflammatory and pain medicine.

Once she is better, she will have company in the form of some other rescue animals at the farm, owner Catherine Simpson said.

91裸聊视频淪he can go with the other old grannies,91裸聊视频� Simpson added.

Daisy is the latest llama in distress to land at Kensington Prairie Farm.

In April, at the behest of the SPCA, nine llama and five alpacas were rescued from another farm that had purchased them in order to qualify for farm status, but 诲颈诲苍91裸聊视频檛 shear them, something that Marten said is essential.

They had such a weight of wool that they had to be tranquilized for shearing after they arrived at Kensington, Martens recalled.

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Revenue from Kensington Prairie Farm admission and tour will still support a children91裸聊视频檚 charity in Peru called Quechua Benefit but in the future a portion will also be devoted to the rescue animals, Marten explained.

91裸聊视频淲e have become such an active rescue support system in the lower mainland,91裸聊视频� she said.

A GoFundMe campaign hopes to raise the $3,000 toward the cost of her surgery.

91裸聊视频淲e do not know yet the total cost of surgery, as they will not know until they get Daisy on the operating table,91裸聊视频� Martens noted, promising 100 pertcent of the proceeds will go to help Daisy91裸聊视频檚 recovery.

91裸聊视频淣o animal deserves to be neglected like Daisy,91裸聊视频� Marten said.

91裸聊视频淟et91裸聊视频檚 change the way we see livestock animals.

Simpson and her husband started Kensingtion in 2000, in an area of Surrey historically known as Kensington Prairie County.

They began with a dozen alpacas, and the number quickly grew to more than 30 animals before moving to Langley in 2006, expanding Kensington Prairie Farm from five to 45 acres in the process.

In addition to breeding, raising, and showing Huacaya alpacas, Kensington also raises registered Hereford cattle and produces artisanal honey.

dan.ferguson@langleyadvancetimes.com
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