Jornadas de intenso ruedo de manadas de vicuñas silvestres, es encomendada al conjunto de familias de comunidades del extremo sud de Bolivia, para la esquila del altamente valorado pelo de vicuña.
Una vez al año, con un permiso especial de las dependencias del Estado Boliviano se procede al acopio de pelo de vicuña y que es vendido a confeccionistas nacionales e internacionales que elaboran prendas de vestir de alta moda y que están presentes en las capitales principales de Europa y Estados Unidos.
Una de los derivados de la vicuña es su pelaje que se transforma en una de las fibras más caras del mundo, tiene un grosor de 10,8 a 11,4 micras (milésimas de milímetro), bastante más delgada que la cachemira, procedente de una cabra asiática, que tiene en promedio 16 micras con precios entre 450 y 650 dólares por kilogramo aproximadamente.
En Bolivia, se encuentran principalmente en la Reserva Eduardo Avaroa del Altiplano Sud del Departamento de Potosí y en el Area natural de Manejo Integrado Nacional Apolobamba (Ulla Ulla) en el Departamento de La Paz, para ello se cuenta con una ley de protección que no permite la caza y se han iniciado programas y proyectos de cria de vicuñas en cautiverio con interesantes resultados para la economía campesina.
Aproximadamente existen 150 mil vicuñas en Bolivia, y se considera a la especie libre del riesgo de extinción si se mantienen las actuales condiciones de protección, que han permitido que su población crezca ocho por ciento anual.Los programas de conservación aplicados en los últimos años permitieron, con ayuda de los campesinos de las regiones donde habitan, aumentar el número de vicuñas y repoblar las llanuras andinas.
Days of intense rotation of herds of wild vicunas, are entrusted to the set of families of communities of the south of Bolivia, for the cowbell of highly evaluated vicuna hair.
Once a year, with a special permission of the dependencies of the Bolivian State it is come to the storing of vicuna hair and that is sold national ready-made clothiers and international who make articles to dress high fashion and who are present in the main capitals of Europe and the United States.
One of the derivatives of the vicuna is its coat that is transformed into one of the most expensive fibers of the world, has a thickness of the 10.8 to 11.4 microns (thousandth of millimeter), rather thinnest one than the cashemere, coming from an Asian goat, that approximately has in average 16 microns with prices between 450 and 650 dollars by kilogram.
Once a year, with a special permission of the dependencies of the Bolivian State it is come to the storing of vicuna hair and that is sold national ready-made clothiers and international who make articles to dress high fashion and who are present in the main capitals of Europe and the United States.
One of the derivatives of the vicuna is its coat that is transformed into one of the most expensive fibers of the world, has a thickness of the 10.8 to 11.4 microns (thousandth of millimeter), rather thinnest one than the cashemere, coming from an Asian goat, that approximately has in average 16 microns with prices between 450 and 650 dollars by kilogram.
In Bolivia, they mainly are in the Reserve Eduardo Avaroa in the Lípez (Potosí) and Ulla Ulla in the Department of La Paz, for it is counted on a protection law that does not allow the hunting and programs and projects of rearing of vicunas in captivity with interesting results for the economy have begun farmer.
Approximately 150 thousand vicunas in Bolivia exist, and it is considered to the free species of the extinction risk if the present conditions of protection stay, that have allowed that its population grows eight annual percent. The programs of conservation applied years in the last allowed, with the help of the farmers of the regions where they live, to increase the number of vicunas and to repopulate
the Andean plains
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