Robin Turell and Ruby Herron bought their first llama in 1987 at a Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo auction with the help of Turell’s father.
Today they own the 20-acre Figment Ranch on Mueschke Road in Cypress, home to about 75 llamas and alpacas as well as pygmy goats, tortoises, emus, sheep, turkeys, chickens, pigs and exotic birds, most of which have been rescued.
“We feel that it’s a need for us to be here because we do make so many people and animals happy,” Herron said. “If it wasn’t for us, some of these animals wouldn’t have any place to go.”
Figment Ranch’s animals have been rescued from abandonment, individuals who could not afford medical treatments, Hurricane Harvey and other situations.
