Short answer
In Peru and Bolivia alpaca meat is a traditional, lean protein. Outside South America alpacas are rarely raised for meat.
Andean herders use every part of the animal. In North America, Europe and Australia, alpacas are mostly kept for fiber, breeding and companionship.
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