tcraighenry
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My husband and I were talking the other day about domesticated chinchillas versus wild chinchillas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchilla
I guess the species that domesticated chinchillas come from is the chinchilla lanigera and both are facing extinction.
Domestication worked out pretty well for cats and dogs in particular! Become useful to people, be cute and be looked after
But what about keeping an endangerd species as a pet? There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of info about where pet chinchillas come from (other than the Chinchas had them as pets too <3) but I'm assuming from fur farms? And does the want for pet chinchillas further endanger them in the wild?
As a side note, it kills me when I Google for chinchilla supplies or info and Nordstrom fur products and the like come up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinchilla
I guess the species that domesticated chinchillas come from is the chinchilla lanigera and both are facing extinction.
Domestication worked out pretty well for cats and dogs in particular! Become useful to people, be cute and be looked after
But what about keeping an endangerd species as a pet? There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of info about where pet chinchillas come from (other than the Chinchas had them as pets too <3) but I'm assuming from fur farms? And does the want for pet chinchillas further endanger them in the wild?
As a side note, it kills me when I Google for chinchilla supplies or info and Nordstrom fur products and the like come up