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Southern Cross Alpacas, Inc started as a venture between two friends that share a love for people as well as animals.
Maxine is a retired Marion County Sheriff here in
Florida. Donna Wolfer-Burks is a retired Delray Beach Fire Rescue Paramedic/Firefighter in
Florida, as well as a registered nurse. We loved our career choices, the challenge and the excitement of it all, but we could do without the stress involved at this point in our lives. We are always up for a good challenge, but this time we thought that we would go for the challenge and excitement without the high stress level.
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We have been looking into alpacas for some time, saw alpacas in
North Carolina
at a fair, kicked around some ideas about raising them and then somehow the idea disappeared.
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Well, as I was on vacation in
North Carolina, I decided to go through
Ocala
to visit Maxine. The next thing I knew we were visiting a friend’s alpaca farm and it was there that we were both smitten by the sweet faces and gentleness of the alpacas.
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| As soon as we left the farm, the quest for knowledge began. We were on line researching, making phone calls, visiting farms and buying books to read. We booked a seminar and gleaned as much information as we could from all of the experts that we could find. |
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We will never finish our quest for knowledge or to breed the most perfect alpaca, but we have established our goals to breed the best genetics, from the best herdsires. We were and are mentored by the best breeders to develop our hands and eyes to distinguish the most desirable characteristics, to be able to build an excellent quality herd.
We would love to share the knowledge that we have learned in our quest for quality alpacas, or if you prefer just stop by to meet our herd. Please call for an appointment and we would be glad to show you around. Our contact information can be found on our Contact Us page.
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