Sheep farmers have used dogs for centuries to protect their flocks from predators. But in recent years, another animal has joined the effort: the llama. "All of a sudden that seems to be taking off.

A llama in County Clare has been tasked with the important job of watching over a flock of sheep, and he's the only one this farmer trusts to do it well. Tom Gleeson, 75, has enlisted the services of ...

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Spitting, kicking and a strange noise akin to a squeaky door hinge are enough to convince even the most vicious predators to move on. That is the thought behind the guard llama.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Andrea Parent-Tibbetts owner of Clover Brook Farm in Hyde Park, New York, about leaping llamas, an event at the Rhinebeck Sheep and Wool Festival where animals compete to ...