Cute and cuddly, the chinchilla is an adorable resident of the Andes Mountains, which it calls home. A member of the rodent family, the chinchilla derives its name from the Chincha people, an ...

Lucky the chorus girl who can persuade her wealthy benefactor to buy her a chinchilla wrap, one of the softest, most beautiful, most expensive of furs, also one of the least durable, one of the rarest ...

Ed Stoddard is a Johannesburg-based journalist with a focus on resource industries, wildlife, economics, and the environment in Africa. A Reuters correspondent for 24 years, he is now a regular ...

CHATFIELD -- A ranch that raises chinchillas for pets and for use in medical research faces potential disciplinary action from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violations of the Animal Welfare ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI - A chinchilla twitched its nose as wide-eyed and excited children began petting its fluffy body and bushy tail. This was the first of several exotic animal encounters that ...

WAUKESHA -- The “Great Chinchilla Occupation” has ended, according to officials at HAWS, the Humane Animal Welfare Society of Waukesha County. HAWS had been acting as the holding facility since more ...

Oct. 12—CHATFIELD — A USDA administrative law judge revoked the license of Chatfield chinchilla breeder Dan Moulton on Friday, Oct. 8, for the more than 100 Animal Welfare Act violations he's been ...

Mickey the chinchilla, when perched on the shoulder of his owner, turns heads on the streets of Scarborough with his large ears and small furry body. "He's relaxed," his owner Sean Adams says. "I've ...

CHATFIELD, Minn. — A Minnesota ranch that raises chinchillas for pets and for use in medical research faces potential disciplinary action from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for violations of the ...