A farmer in Menomonie, Wisconsin, recently found a baby alpaca trapped in the ground, having seen its head rising above the grass.
The alpaca, just a week old, had gone missing from the farm the day before.
“I found her just several inches underground,” farmer John Govin told ABC News. “Her little head was just looking up and out of the hole. It looks like she fell into what appeared to be a badger hole.”
After first Govin tried to pull the alpaca out with his bare hands, but eventually had to resort to a shovel.
The rescue, which shows the alpaca getting up to kiss its mother, was videotaped, and has been widely shared on Facebook.
“She’s doing just fine now,” Govin said. “We’re thinking about naming her Dusty. Alpacas love to take dust baths, and we think she was probably rolling in the dust when she slid into the hole by accident.”
