In the 1950's, there were chinchilla ranches in most of the developed world except Asia and Australia. The US alone had several thousand breeders by the mid 50's and it seemed like everybody had a couple of breeding pairs in their garage with the promise of easy money. Ranchers continued to innovate with buildings, cages and equipment and management systems to suit local climates.
By the middle 1960's, thousands of ranchers throughout the United States and Canada were raising them. As their numbers grew they were finally offered as pets. One magazine offered pet Chinchillas for $100.00 a piece. The ad described them as "little fur ball-quiet, odorless, and vermin free". D uring this period, the quality of the animals was continuously improving. Pair mating dominated breeding until the fifties. With polygamous mating following, superior sires were chosen to improve breeding. More attention was paid to commercial scale pelt production.
It seemed like verybody had chinchillas in their garage as they were toted as quick, easy money and shows were massive and suit and tie affairs. By the 70's there were estimated to be over a million animals in the united states. Below is an article taken from a California Newspaper highlighting the explosion and shady underside of the booming chinchilla industry.
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cats eat rodents you know
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BIPOC chinchillas are just built different
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Had one as a kid. He wasn't friendly in any way but I miss that bastard
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HOLY SHIT amazing
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Darn I was not expecting the fight to end that way
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happy cny to you and your chins
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Thank you! Happy CNY to you too! Huat ah!!!
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the rabbit marseys are so cute! thanks @NotYou !
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#ad to get mayos to buy the latest rodent as a pet from your "country"
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I think it's the other way around tbh lol
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it truly never began for us majos
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I just got the perfect weapon in my bibeogame
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Oh man how could you really whack the crakka-chilla you monster!
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Reparations for the Opium War stupid gweilo xixixi
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Jesus I thought gore belonged on WPD get that shit outta here. I'll have nightmares about the way he bonked the chinchilla with that stick
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STOP TORTURING THEM
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This is super cute WTF I love 💕
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That white chilichila is quite choleric
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she's just doing HVF things
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Happy lunar new year! 恭喜發財!
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年年有餘!
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That’s so adorable.
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That's not a mole, you can't fool me!
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That's a pretty impressive enclosure/play place thing Well made, designed
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