Chinchilla Aid

On August 19th, San Diego Humane Society’s animal welfare professionals rescued 422 chinchillas during an 8-hour rescue operation in Vista, CA. This is the largest animal rescue in the history of San Diego Humane Society.

Since the San Diego Humane Society does not turn away animals in need, arrangements were made to admit and care for all of the chinchillas in spite of the significant impact on resources, space, and personnel. The Operations and Animal Care staff has worked non-stop at securing caging, food, hay, and everything else necessary to care for these new arrivals.

Many of the chinchillas are already available for adoption, and the rest will be available as soon as it is determined they are healthy enough to be re-homed. The San Diego Humane Society will be working with partner shelters and rescue groups in San Diego and across the country to give these animals the best chance possible at new lives with qualified, caring and loving humans.

In the meantime, the San Diego Human Society will continue to care for all of the rescued chinchillas and so we would like to assist them in this venture by raising funds for the maintenance of these chinchillas.

Since chinchillas are known to instinctively clean their fur by taking dust baths, we thought this T-Shirt would be a fun and fitting way of honoring the chinchillas while helping to raise money and awareness for the chinchillas at the San Diego Humane Society.