This herd of alpacas have been given haircuts to look like dinosaurs, lions and poodles

Look at this for shear outrageousness.

A herd of alpacas have been given haircuts they won’t forget in a hurry.

The beautiful animals have had their fur sheared into bizarre shapes, making them resemble dogs, lions and even dinosaurs.

One animal has a pattern on its back that gives it the look of a stegosaurus.

MORE: Conservatives open up ‘remarkable’ new lead over Labour
MORE: Inside the constituency where Labour members are campaigning against their own party

The strangely-shaped alpacas can be seen roaming around a field in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, where they have been bred by their owner, Helen Kendall Smith, 53, for ten years.

To celebrate the breeding milestone, she gave ten alpacas in her 30-strong flock outlandish haircuts.

The mother-of-three drew up some designs then passed them on to professional shearers who clipped them into reality.

One animal was given a stripy coat to look like a zebra, while three have manes resembling lions.

‘We decided to give them funky haircuts I designed in order to celebrate our tenth year of breeding alpaca which we are very excited about,’ said Mrs Kendall Smith, who runs Kensmyth Alpaca Stud.

‘I designed the styles based on the type of fleece the alpaca males had and their individual personalities and colours – a poodle, a dinosaur, a mohican, and so on.

‘I did some drawings but what was important is the alpaca enjoyed the experience.

‘The “blanket” is the best part of the fleece on the alpaca so shearing in such a funky manner meant we lost a little of the best parts of the fleece this year but it is worth it.

‘I wanted to show people a more humorous side to alpaca in times when farming seems really low.

‘I have only done this with alpaca I know really well who were happy to have it done and who relish the attention they are getting.’

Only male alpacas were given the strange haircuts, as females are pregnant for 11-and-a-half months of the year and must be sheared immediately.