Join us for furry fun in honor of National Chinchilla Day! 🐾

Included with general Zoo admission. No additional purchase or reservation is required for Zoo members.

Join our educators at discovery stations and engaging chats to learn what makes chinchillas so special. Enjoy hands-on activities while they share fascinating facts about these distinctive rodents, the threats they face in the wild, and how you can help protect them.

At Stone Zoo, spot the long-tailed chinchillas in the Windows to the Wild habitat. At Franklin Park Zoo, don’t miss special opportunities to meet the Zoo’s animal ambassador chinchilla up close.

Committed to Conservation

Zoo New England is an active participant in the AZA Chinchilla SAFE Program to help protect and recover some of the last remaining colonies of the Critically Endangered short-tailed chinchilla in Chile.

We also participate in the Chinchilla Species Survival Plan, a cooperative, inter-zoo program coordinated nationally through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. SSPs help to ensure the survival of selected species in zoos and aquariums, most of which are threatened or endangered, and enhance conservation of these species in the wild.