Animal Enrichment Wish List
Choose items from our Wish List and help provide animal enrichment for the incredible animals that call the Roger Williams Park Zoo home.
Make a DonationSend some love to your favorite animal friends.
By donating to the Zoo’s Enrichment Wish List, you’re providing essential mental and physical stimulation for our furry, feathered, and scaled friends.
Our animal care staff has handpicked items that directly benefit the zoo’s animals. Enrichment is just as critical to our animal’s welfare as veterinary medicine, so please consider making a donation today!
Browse items on our Amazon Wish Lists below to find out what our animal care staff needs the most. Items purchased through Amazon can be shipped directly to us. Or, you may drop off any items during normal business hours on Monday, Thursday or Friday, 10:00am – 4:00pm.
Please use the following address when shipping to the Zoo: Roger Williams Park Zoo, 1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907. Attn: Wish List. Please include your name so if we post a photo, we can thank you for your generous donation!
Browse items on each habitat's Wish List. Select an area to see how you can give! THANK YOU from the animals and keepers at your Roger Williams Park Zoo!
Lower Savanna
Zebra, Watusi, Wildebeest, Cheetah, Aviary birds, Bat-eared fox, Serval and African crowned crane
World of Adaptations
Babirusa, Gibbons, King vulture, Kookaburra, Matschie’s tree kangaroo, radiated tortoises and Pouched rats
Faces of the Rainforest
Giant otter, Golden Lion tamarin, Chilean flamingo, Hyacinth macaw, Tropical birds, and Monkeys
Otto Environmental Wish List
Check out our Otto Environmental Wish List. Otto Environmental specializes in a diverse inventory of specialized toys, supplies, and equipment.
Animal Enrichment FAQs
Enrichment allows animals to engage in natural behaviors and provides physical and mental stimulation. These elements work to stimulate the senses and allow animals to demonstrate species-typical behavior (ie. foraging) as well as challenge them to think and problem-solve, which helps keep the animals’ minds active, stimulated and healthy. The animal care staff constantly devises new enrichment techniques to engage animals and promote species-appropriate behaviors, focusing on meeting the unique needs of each individual.
Each item on our wish list was thoughtfully chosen by our animal care team to make a real impact on our animals’ daily lives! From encouraging natural instincts like foraging, nesting, exploring, and playing, to giving our zookeeper team the tools they need to offer top-tier care, your gift directly enriches the lives of the animals here at the Zoo.
- Food & Nutritional: Puzzle feeders, scattered feeding, frozen ice treats, or novel foods that prolong eating time.
- Sensory: Different scents (herbs, spices, or predator/prey odors), sounds, or textured surfaces.
- Cognitive: Problem-solving devices, training sessions, and interactive objects that require focus.
- Physical Habitat: Climbing structures, new perching areas, or substrate changes for digging.
Enrichment & Husbandry
Photo: Enrichment can take many forms. Items like this one promote foraging, and encourage our tamarin’s to exhibit natural behaviors for our golden lion tamarins.