Four to seven pounds of fleece can be sheared from an alpaca every year. Usually shearing does not begin until an animal is four years old.
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Although efforts have been made to raise the animals on a commercial scale, most of the alpaca are owned, herded, and sheared by Native Peruvians who do not have a marketing agenda. In the United States, alpaca are being domesticated as exotic livestock and live well even at sea level.
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