Flanked by a gaggle of smartphone-wielding onlookers, Irish farmer Joe Phelan ushered two alpacas down the corridor of a local nursing home as beaming residents waited their turn to pet them.

Those who attended could find everything from booths filled with alpaca-fleece products, to costume contests and an alpaca ...

The business now employs 11 people, has 71 alpacas and two much larger llamas, and offers accommodation to visitors. Mr Phelan packed two of his more sociable male alpacas into the back of a van ...

The business now employs 11 people, has 71 alpacas and two much larger llamas, and offers accommodation to visitors. Phelan packed two of his more sociable male alpacas into the back of a van for ...

animal therapy for the elderly and people with additional needs. Watch as members of Oakfield Nursing Home interact with two of his more sociable male alpacas.