{"id":57519,"date":"2017-05-04T16:17:39","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T21:17:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=57519"},"modified":"2017-05-04T16:17:39","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T21:17:39","slug":"softest-squarest-alpacas-win-ribbons-at-wisconsin-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/softest-squarest-alpacas-win-ribbons-at-wisconsin-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Softest, squarest alpacas win ribbons at Wisconsin festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> By Manasi Kaushik <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">For an alpaca to win the WI Alpaca &amp; Fiber Fest competition, it has to be square-shaped. Judges are looking at the body structure and proportions, in addition to\u00a0the softness of the fleece.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The best alpaca is one that just has a really nice feel to it,&#8221; said Vicky Telesko, owner of Love Me Alpacas in Kiel, Wisconsin. She is the\u00a0&#8220;proud mama&#8221; of around 60 animals she raises for their fiber.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Softest, squarest alpacas win ribbons in Wisconsin festival\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/215720818?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth year for the\u00a0non-profit festival in West Bend, Wisconsin.\u00a0The winning alpaca owners\u00a0are awarded ribbons and a title, both of which can mean bigger sales and better breeding options for their animals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">An alpaca from the Sugerland alpaca ranch in Durango, Iowa, at the WI Alpaca &amp; Fiber Fest (Manasi Kaushik\/MEDILL)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Manasi Kaushik For an alpaca to win the WI Alpaca &amp; Fiber Fest competition, it has to be square-shaped. Judges are looking at the body structure and proportions, in addition to\u00a0the softness of the fleece. &#8220;The best alpaca is one that just has a really nice feel to it,&#8221; said Vicky Telesko, owner of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":352,"featured_media":57561,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3516],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57519","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-winter-2017"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Softest, squarest alpacas win ribbons at Wisconsin festival - Medill Reports Chicago<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/softest-squarest-alpacas-win-ribbons-at-wisconsin-festival\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Softest, squarest alpacas win ribbons at Wisconsin festival - Medill Reports Chicago\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Manasi Kaushik For an alpaca to win the WI Alpaca &amp; Fiber Fest competition, it has to be square-shaped. 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