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Shuswap-based Llama Sanctuary makes second move in one month

Camelids and caretakers settling into permanent home in Tappen, hosting welcome-back event
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Llamas at the Llama Sanctuary have found a new home at the Recline Ridge EcoPark in Tappen. (Llama Sanctuary photo- Facebook)

The North Okanagan Shuswap’s favourite camelids have found a new, likely permanent home.

After a last-minute move to Mara at the end of March from their temporary Vernon home, the Llama Sanctuary’s herd of 36 llamas and alpacas, their human caretakers, and all of the animals’ required supplies and equipment moved again in April.

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An opportunity was presented to sanctuary co-owners Lynne Milsom and David Chapman in the form of greenspace at Recline Ridge EcoPark at 1315 Tappen Valley Road (formerly occupied by Orica Canada).

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Rebecca Willson

About the Author: Rebecca Willson

I took my first step into the journalism industry in November 2022 when I moved to Salmon Arm to work for the Observer and Eagle Valley News. I graduated with a journalism degree in December 2021 from MacEwan University in Edmonton.
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