A rescued chinchilla is held by a veterinarian at the San Diego Humane Society in Oceanside, California after Hollywood mogul and co-creator of The Simpsons, Sam Simon, financed the purchase of a ...

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 ...

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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 ...

VISTA, Calif.VISTA, Calif. — Just hours after a hearing in her lawsuit against the animal rights group PETA, elderly ex-chinchilla rancher Lurlie Adams died last week from a heart attack. In October, ...

Hollywood mogul Sam Simon bought himself a chinchilla farm in San Diego County on Tuesday, August 19 — as part of an animal-activist mission to close a chinchilla-breeding operation that brought ...

The Association for The Protection of Fur-Bearing Animals is disappointed in a B.C. Supreme Court decision where the group had sought to have a chinchilla farming licence put aside. B.C.’s chief ...

Despite the concurrent risk of an existing pandemic and worldwide scientific advice that fur farming can contribute to or worsen outbreaks, government documents show numerous potential violations of B ...

In 1923, American engineer Mathias Chapman brought 12 chinchillas from Chile to California with the intention of breeding them for their fur, creating the first chinchilla farm in the United States.

SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - A 90-year-old woman whose California chinchilla farm was purchased and shut down by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals with money from a Hollywood mogul has sued the ...