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Free Day at BPZOO

Free Day at BPZOO

by | Apr 10, 2021 | Family

Welcome to “Spring Week 2021”

A day of free admission to BPZOO in partnership with Highland Street Foundation and the New England Patriots Foundation!

When: Thursday, April 22nd – SOLD OUT
9:00am – 5:00pm (doors close at 4:15pm)

Buttonwood Park Zoo is a great place to visit year-round! We are able to offer our guests an outdoor environment where people can relax, learn and have fun in the presence of amazing wildlife.

Tickets to the Zoo must be reserved online in advance of your arrival, as you will need to choose a specific entry time for your visit. This helps us limit person-to-person transactions and help us manage guest capacity throughout the day. Per state guidelines, guest contact information will be required during the online ticketing process to allow for contact tracing.

Keeper Chat Schedule:
10:00 Asian Elephant
10:30 Cat Chat
11:00 Animal Ambassador Encounter
12:00 Buttonwood Farm
1:00 Chilean Pudu
2:00 Animal Ambassador Encounter
3:00 Asian Elephant
3:30 Harbor Seal

RESERVE YOUR TICKETS HERE

 

 

Earth Day 2021

Earth Day 2021

by | Apr 5, 2021 | Conservation, Family

Let’s Do Our Part

Every day is Earth Day for the BPZOO and our supporters!

As we all do our part to protect and preserve habitats and ecosystems by our actions, collectively we are making an impact. This year as we continue to celebrate virtually, we are asking you to share pictures of how you help the environment in your daily lives.

Send pictures to contest@bpzoo.org during the month of April ???? and be entered to win prizes!

By submitting a picture, you are allowing the Buttonwood Park Zoological Society
to share your picture on social media.

If you wish to keep your picture private, please
clearly state so in your email. 

The first 100 submissions will receive an AZA Party for the Planet kit. Head to the Zoo for a visit and pickup your kit at the front desk!

Each kit is packed in a reusable produce mesh produce bag. Contents include:
•  Information card explaining contents of the bag
•  Garden trowel for digging in the dirt
•  Nature journal to record observations in nature
•  Window Cling as a reminder to cover windows to prevent bird strikes
•  Post Card for families to thank a person or business that is helping to save wild places for wildlife
•  Lights out for Wildlife light switch sticker
•  3 SAFE trading cards; Songbirds, Monarchs, and Sea Turtles

Plus, for every picture you send we will enter you into a raffle for a BPZOO reusable kit – everything you need to be plastic free in 2021! This pack includes a reusable straw, utensil travel kit, water bottle and a BPZOO t-shirt.

Looking for inspiration?
Join Team SouthCoast for the EcoChallenge for some great examples of how you can help the environment every day.

Earth Month Ecochallenge: Drawdown is a solutions-oriented engagement program focused on individuals taking action to reduce greenhouse gases in our atmosphere. The actions in the Ecochallenge connect to global solutions highlighted by Project Drawdown, a research-based organization that is leading the efforts to map, measure, model, and describe existing, amazing solutions to climate change.

Participate in a Southcoast Shoreline Clean Up:

???? Saturday April 10th @ 1:30pm Fort Phoenix, Fairhaven- registration link

???? Saturday April 17th @ 9am – 12pm Quequechan Rail Trail Park – registration link

???? Thursday, April 22nd – Shingle Island River Reserve – registration link

???? Saturday April 24th @ 11:30am Palmers Island & West Beach, New Bedford – registration link