Guinea pigs are, I think, one of the best possible ... The animals originate from the grasslands and Andes mountains in South America - and in Peru, people actually still eat them!

Spare a thought for guinea pigs. On Sunday it emerged that the domesticated rodent originating from the Andes region of South America was to be made extinct, eradicated, surgically excised from ...

Ironically, Guinea Pigs are a type of rodent that humans did domesticate for the purpose of raising for food in South America ...

There are more than 25 million guinea pigs in Peru, according to official figures. The rodent is so popular in the South American country that authorities have decreed the second Friday of October ...

Cuddle bug guinea pigs Guinea pigs are famous for their ... Curiously, their Cavia ancestors came from the Andes mountains in South America but these little rodents were originally bred as livestock.