Well put - New Chinchilla (chin) Care site breeding info

[jdomans]

This is from a chin-rescue site. We have discussed over and over what a responsible breeder is- if there is one. Take a look at this! The criteria is so high that you know the chances are slim to none:
chincare.com/ Setting Standards for Responsible Breeding, Ownership, Neutering

I must point this out as it is very good:
[FONT=Tahoma]At ChinCare, where we are active in rescue, re-homing and homing [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]at-risk[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] ranch chinchillas, we believe that caring chinparents will agree that we should, "Home Those In [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]NEED[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] Before We Breed."[/FONT]

and
[FONT=Tahoma]We offer the following suggestions for setting breeding standards and encourage [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]submissions[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] from our site readers:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Black]2)[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] Does [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]rescue[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] or cooperates with rescue/ re-homing organizations in their area as a way of being accountable for their actions and the needs of the animals they breed. Realizes that rescue/ re-homing work is necessary for gauging what the output of their breeding program should be. Will even stop breeding temporarily in the event of an overflow of unwanted and homeless pet chinchillas in their area.[/FONT]

[CBrewton5]

Originally Posted by jdomans

This is from a chin-rescue site. We have discussed over and over what a responsible breeder is- if there is one. Take a look at this! The criteria is so high that you know the chances are slim to none:
chincare.com/ Setting Standards for Responsible Breeding, Ownership, Neutering

I must point this out as it is very good:
[FONT=Tahoma]At ChinCare, where we are active in rescue, re-homing and homing [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]at-risk[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] ranch chinchillas, we believe that caring chinparents will agree that we should, "Home Those In [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]NEED[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] Before We Breed."[/FONT]

and
[FONT=Tahoma]We offer the following suggestions for setting breeding standards and encourage [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]submissions[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] from our site readers:[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial Black]2)[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] Does [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]rescue[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] or cooperates with rescue/ re-homing organizations in their area as a way of being accountable for their actions and the needs of the animals they breed. Realizes that rescue/ re-homing work is necessary for gauging what the output of their breeding program should be. Will even stop breeding temporarily in the event of an overflow of unwanted and homeless pet chinchillas in their area.[/FONT]

I agree with all of this. You're right the chances are slim to none that a breeder would meet all these criterion, but if they did then they would, at least in my mind, be the difference between a *responsible* breeder, and a backyard one.

[CavySpirit]

Great job. Congratulations. Looks like you or you all have put a lot of work into this source and it's the kind of work that will be come a sited authority over time.

[jdomans]

T, this is very strange indeed. I am going over that site again and I thought it was run by the Southern CA Rabbit and Pocketpet Rescue but it isn't. That statement about "Home Those In Need Before We Breed" is theirs. I have no idea who made that site but it is amazing isn't it?

I found out who it is:

[FONT=Arial Black]AMERICAN CHAPTER OF THE CHIN KNIGHTS[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]([/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]ACCK Projects[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma])[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma]ChinCare is an educational website that was created for the edification of the pet chinchilla community. ACCK was cooperatively created by ChinCare and the [/FONT][FONT=Tahoma]Chin Knights[/FONT][FONT=Tahoma] in 2003 to be the U.S. outreach program (ie, a series of projects that serve a particular purpose, such as education and positive activism) of the Chin Knights. .....etc. and on and on[/FONT]