June Gillingham - Chinchilla Farming in Salisbury
Chinchilla farming in Salisbury. A corner section of Mr. Frank Gillingham's polygamous batter system of housing his chinchillas. The corridors giving breeding males access to the females are along the bottom-front of each tier of cages. The herd is accommodated in a converted storeroom.
(above) June Maureen Gillingham featured in a Rhodesian newspaper article, at her husband Frank's earliest chinchilla facility.
"I'm sure this picture was taken in the beginning stages of my dad starting Chinchilla Ranching at his first property. Our Chinchilla Ranch in the 60s was purchased as a piece of land and all the buildings were purpose built to accommodate Chinchillas . In this article it states that Chinchillas were housed in a converted store room, which wasn't the case with the Ranch we had [later] in the 60s." -Mark Gillingham