Woody Woodbury has named the llama he has come within 5 feet of “Black Forest Betty.”
Workers at Fox Run Park named the same llama “Black Betty” before she slipped through the fence in which they had her briefly contained.
Woodbury, owner of Colorado Country Alpacas, was alerted Tuesday to a llama on the loose by a neighbor. He has tried twice to capture her.
Once, the young llama – Woodbury estimates she’s 18 months old – jumped a 3-foot-tall barbed-wire fence. Woodbury was called Thursday to help park workers with the animal – and he watched her slip away again.
“I think it has been on its own for at least a couple of months,” Woodbury said. “The weather has been great. It’s been eating the grasses out here and probably drinking water from people’s pools.”
But Woodbury, who cares for 7 alpacas and 1 llama of his own, is concerned the llama will not find adequate food and water – water sources soon may freeze – in coming months. And there’s the ever-present danger of coyotes and other predators.
If Betty can be captured and no owner is found, Woodbury is ready to bring her into his pack.
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