Attempts to breed raccoons in fur farms in the 1920s and 1930s in North America and Europe turned out not to be profitable, and farming was abandoned after prices for long-haired pelts dropped in the 1940s.
Os intentos de criar mapaches en granxas peleteiras nas décadas de 1920 e 1930 en Norteamérica e Europa non foron rendibles, e a cría en granxas foi abandonada cando os prezos das peles de pelo longo caeron na década de 1940.