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Video: Pack llamas in Alaska national parks

For the last 31 years, Phil Nuechterlein and his wife have been leading pack llamas through Alaska's state and national parks. Nuechterlein said they've been to Denali National Park and Preserve, up the Dalton Highway to Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve and have "extensively" traveled through Wrangell St. Elias National Park and Preserve.

But recently that lifestyle was in jeopardy.

Read more: Pack llamas get official OK after proposed ban in Alaska national parks

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