Alpacas from Australia and New Zealand

Due to the huge advancements in alpaca that these two countries have made in the last 20 years we can select, purchase and import these elite alpacas back onto our farms in Europe. Both countries recognise the value in alpaca and have applied and adapted the techniques and breeding strategies used in their long standing merino wool industry to create the best stock in the world.

A breeder in the Europe can purchase stock that is very uniform in many characteristics including pedigree colour. This uniformity, sound conformation and advanced fleece characteristics enables breeders to grow and breed alpacas that are more likely to be predictable in the progeny they produce and therefore minimising the risks of poor outcomes and increasing the chances of long term success.

We have carried out many selections in Australia and New Zealand. Our experience in selecting and importing alpacas from these countries is extensive and proven. We offer clients an opportunity to have first class huacaya and/or suri stock selected with you or on your behalf and then imported to your farm. Our selection process is very comprehensive with full stock evaluations, pictures and fibre readings available to you before a purchase is made.

Being Australian Tim has kept very close, trusting and long standing relationships with some of the leading breeders in Australia and New Zealand. This helps to ensure that we access and export some of the very best stock, including champions, that would not be available on the domestic market due to competition. Please don’t hesitate to contact us to find out about our next import and to ask for a no obligation discussion and quotation.

Alpacas from South America

Moonsbrook Alpacas was founded mainly on stock selected and imported from two major studs in Peru - Accoyo and Rural Alianza EPS.

The Chilean alpaca industry has gone through some major changes in the last ten years. The development of co-operatives amongst some farmers has meant that for the first time many alpacas are being properly selected and bred for conformation and advanced fleece types. This is a far cry from the days when lower quality alpacas were first imported into the UK from Chile. There are protocols in place with short quarantine times for the export of alpacas from Chile to the EU. Correct commercial aircraft makes small (15) and large (up to 800) imports from Chile both affordable and beneficial for those breeders looking for white and especially coloured alpacas.

Peru offers breeders here in the EU an opportunity to purchase large amount of high quality and uniform alpacas at one time. Together with ABQ Alpacas we have developed strong relationships with many of the leading breeders and show winners in Peru, including Koricancha and Rural Alianza EPS. The protocol and selection process for Peru is slightly more complicated as the stock being imported need to be in residence in a third country for six months before entering the EU.

Our colleague Geoff Scott of ABQ Alpacas and Alpacas International has made our imports from South America possible. Geoff is a New Zealander living in Santiago who for many years has and still does farm alpacas. He has built up very strong relationships with government, breeders and shipping agents enabling our selections and exports to run very smoothly and efficiently.

Please contact us for information regarding importing alpacas anywhere in Europe. We will be happy to meet with you for a no obligation discussion.

Exporting Alpacas Throughout Europe

We have had experience moving alpacas throughout Europe for many breeders in the European Union. In the last year alpacas have left Britain for France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Norway and Hungary. With a dedicated area for pre export isolation facility, Moonsbrook Alpacas has all the facilities, contacts and experience to export alpacas to any location within the EU with very little trouble and at a low cost to the buyer. 

For countries outside the EU our livestock agent will endeavour to obtain import requirements and liase with the appropriate government bodies.

Please contact us for a no obligation discussion and quote about importing alpacas from our farm or other breeders here in the UK into your country.