Circus Knie in Neuchatel 2008 - Llamas sleeping on concrete in the hot Swis

July 2008

Circus Knie is the national circus of Switzerland and also has a zoo and a circus museum in the town of Rapperswil close to Zurich. They travel the country but I do not know if they travel abroad as well.

Llamas sleeping on concrete in the hot Swiss summer.

When they could be in the ample shade provided for them!

Ours do the same thing here in the zoo in Australia.

As a general rule alpacas and llamas prefer open areas to sitting in sheds, yards etc. My mum breeds alpacas and even in the peak of the Victorian summer (reaching upwards of 40 degrees) they prefer to be cautious and find a space in the middle of the paddock in the sun rather than sit in the shade near the fence or go into their shed.