The Missouri Llama Association (MLA) 

is a non-profit organization that

renders mutual assistance to

each and all of the members,

serves as a central and collective

forum to educate the members

and the general public in the care,

training, health, and welfare of

llamas and other camelids. The

MLA Promotes the sale and use

 of llamas as pets, packers, guardians,

breeding stock, sources of wool,

4-H and FFA projects, and other

similar uses. The MLA also mutually

promotes the business of the

individual members of said

association through the

exchange of ideas, merchandising

methods, and other venues that

may promote and develop the

general welfare of the industry

throughout the State of Missouri.