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Woman Sues Over Alpaca's Paternity
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- A barnyard soap opera that arose over an alpaca's paternity is now in court amid demands for the woolly critter's real father to step forward.
Cathy Crosson wants the owners of an Illinois breeding farm to disclose which of its male alpacas sired the year-old offspring of her prized female, Peruvian Lily of the Incas.
She filed a lawsuit last week alleging breach of contract and accusing Likada Farms of Wayne, Ill., of improperly breeding Peruvian Lily and then refusing to identify the offspring's father.
Without the male's name, Crosson said she can't register or sell the young alpaca.
Crosson, who runs a family farm that breeds alpacas, states in her lawsuit that she hired Likada Farms in 2002 to provide seven breedings with its sire, Snowmass Casanova.She alleges that when Peruvian Lily was boarded at Likada Farms from November 2003 to December 2004, one of the farm's owners, Larry Johnson, refused to breed the female with Snowmass Casanova.
Her lawsuit states Johnson said he wouldn't honor the contract unless it allowed for a reduced number of breedings and delayed those pairings.
Crosson claims she later found out Peruvian Lily was pregnant and a blood test on the young alpaca born in April 2005 ruled out Snowmass Casanova as the father.
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