Three decades of waiting in Ecuador for the first cut of vicuña wool

At the foot of the Chimborazo volcano, with a strong wind blowing, dozens of vicuñas were grouped for the first Chaccu Ecuador 2017. The animals were enclosed for the wool shearing.

It occurred three decades after the introduction of this wild animal, which was successfully adapted in the Chimborazo Fauna Production Reserve, where it is estimated that 7,185 vicuñas live, according to the population study that conducted last year.

Maritza Vaca, from the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo (Espoch), commented that once the vicuña passed the control of the species in danger of extinction, and exceeded the 7,000 specimens, this first Chaccu was carried out, for the vicuña shearing. (I)