CHINCHILLA SAN VALENTIN

Our farm is located in the town of San Vicente in the province
of Buenos Aires, Argentina. It occupies a fraction of 15 hectares
(within a larger area of property also owned by the company)
originally occupied by two 5000m2 horse stables. The first building
has 10 dwellings with capacity for 340 chinchilla families
each.

The second building has 16 separate dwellings destined for young
and future reproducers: 8 for females and 8 for males. Each of
these dwellings contains 350 cages for eight to nine month old
individuals, organized according to their phenotypic and genotypic
characteristics, some of wich are for breeding and the rest for
pelts.

There is another dwelling reserved for imported reproducers, with
capacity for up to 800 chinchillas, that are mated with the
healthiest and most exemplary young individuals determined by
genetic and fur characteristics. The farm is surrounded by
indigenous trees as well as many 80 year old Australian eucalyptus
trees. Since rodent incisors ... [Details]