Cathy Crosson wants the owners of an Illinois breeding farm to disclose which
of its male alpacas sired the year-old offspring of her prized female, Peruvian
Lily of the Incas.
She filed a lawsuit last week alleging breach of contract and accusing Likada
Farms of Wayne, Ill., of improperly breeding Peruvian Lily and then refusing
to identify the offspring's father.
Without the male's name, Crosson said she can't register or sell the young
alpaca.
Crosson, who runs a family farm that breeds alpacas, states in her lawsuit
that she hired Likada Farms in 2002 to provide seven breedings with its sire,
Snowmass Casanova.
She alleges that when Peruvian Lily was boarded at Likada Farms from November
2003 to December 2004, one of the farm's owners, Larry Johnson, refused to breed
the female with Snowmass Casanova.
Her lawsuit states Johnson said he wouldn't honor the contract unless it
allowed for a reduced number of breedings and delayed those pairings.
Crosson claims she later found out Peruvian Lily was pregnant and a blood
test on the young alpaca born in April 2005 ruled out Snowmass Casanova as the
father.
Her lawsuit states that Johnson refuses to reveal the names of any other
possible fathers. It seeks damages, as well as additional breedings with Snowmass
Casanova.
Messages seeking comment were left Friday with Johnson and Crosson's attorney,
Bob Beck.
