Dear Fellow Suri Network Members, As many of you know, I teach neonatal classes to teach breeders and veterinarians about birthing and reproductive emergencies. These classes include both classroom lecture and a hand's on laboratory. In order to teach the hand's on laboratory properly, it requires the use of crias that have died from natural cause or during a delivery. Many breeders have donated crias in the past for these classes and by doing so, have saved many lives. After every course, I receive e-mails and calls thanking me for teaching the course as another cria had been saved from the knowledge gained. I am constantly in need of deceased crias for the lab sessions and have asked the Suri Network Office to assist me in reaching all of you by sending this e-mail. I know how difficult it is to lose a cria and this is one way to assist breeders in the industry in a very special way. As a fellow alpaca breeder, I know the heartache that accompanies this loss and I thank you for your understanding and willingness to assist me. Please contact me for further instructions. Sincerely, Toni Cotton DVM camelidvet@surisofthewesternslope.com Camelid Reproduction Center of the Western Slope 3200 C.R. 24 Ridgway, CO 81432 (970)626-4329