Adams has been in the chinchilla business for close to 50 years, selling the luxuriously soft animals as pets from her Adam’s Valley View Chinchilla Ranch. Getting up in years, Adams agreed to sell ...

* Chinchillas are large rodents native to the Andes mountains in Chile. * They are known as the softest animals in the world, with 5,200 hairs per follicle. As a result, they are often bred for their ...

The Vista couple whose chinchilla farm was bought out and closed by PETA last week defended themselves Wednesday, saying they believe the animal rights group unfairly smeared their reputation. “We ...

Fur coats were often seen in the early years of television. On the game show “Let’s Make a Deal,” Carol Merrill often modeled garments from Dicker and Dicker of Beverly Hills. Any time that a ...

NAPOLEON, Ohio — A chinchilla breeding operation near Napoleon is under fire after a U.S. Department of Agriculture veterinarian documented extreme neglect of the animals. The report stated that there ...

In August 2004, a video showing practices at a Midland chinchilla farm was placed in the national spotlight in Lansing. Now, the couple who maintain they were duped into allowing the video's making ...