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Adopt Helps Zoo Animals
The Adopt a Species program was introduced to support the Zoo's world-class care and services for all of our inhabitants by providing food, medical care, equipment, and habitat improvement.
Learn how your donations are put to work.

Find out about the benefits of
each Adopt package.

Adopt a Species Packages are used by Lavender Fundraising Concepts:

"Our company does fundraising with schools, bands, athletic groups, and many others to help them raise money to benefit their organizations. We have utilized the National Zoo's Adopt a Species packages with exceptional success, and the Zoo has been a pleasure to work with and has gone out of their way to see that our requests are filled above and beyond our expectations.

We work with schools all over the country, and as a reward to the children we purchase these Adoption packages and give them away as a 'thank you' for their hard work. The teachers like this program because it's educational; students like it because it's exciting; and we like it because it raises an awareness and an interest not only in the National Zoo and the great programs it has to offer but also because it helps our children to become environmentally conscious at a young age."

—Jason Lavender
Lavender Fundraising Concepts, Inc.
Arlington, Virginia

Please contact us at 202.633.3039 to learn how your company or organization might benefit by using Adopt a Species packages.

You Can Make a Difference

The Adopt a Species program helps support the care of more than 2,400 animals at the National Zoo and its Conservation and Research Center. Adopt a Species also makes a great gift for a great cause. Now available for Father's Day: a special Adopt package for giant pandas.

Here's what you do:

1. Learn about the species you want to adopt
Animal names link to information about the species and how the Zoo works to protect them.

2. Decide what level of adoption you want
An asterisk (*) indicates a plush animal is available at the $65 level. A giant panda plush will be substituted if a species plush is temporarily unavailable. See more benefits.

3. Order online or print the mail-in form

Giant Panda *

American Flamingo *

Bald Eagle *

Guam Rail

Kori Bustard

African Lion *

Cheetah *

Clouded Leopard *

Sumatran Tiger *

Giant Octopus

Goliath Bird-eating Tarantula *

Hissing Cockroach

American Bison *

Asian Elephant *

California Sea Lion *

Giraffe *

Grevy's Zebra *

Mexican Wolf *

Nile Hippopotamus *

Orangutan *

Sloth Bear *

Western Lowland Gorilla *

Burmese Python *

Cuban Crocodile *

Komodo Dragon *

Black-footed Ferret

Black-tailed Prairie Dog *

Golden Lion Tamarin *

Naked Mole-Rat *

Red Panda *

Ring-tailed Lemur *

White-cheeked Gibbon

A special way for kids to become involved in helping save endangered giant pandas by supporting conservation and science programs at the Zoo and in China!

Adopt a Species today
Order online using our secure server, or print and mail your order.

With a $40 contribution, you will receive:

a color photo and fact sheet of your animal,
a member newsletter sent to your doorstep six times a year, and
a personalized certificate to show your support for wildlife.

Additional benefits are offered at each of the available Adopt a Species levels:

Benefit details by level

$100
$250

$500
$1,000

Adopt for yourself, a relative, or a friend. Adopt a Species makes a one-of-a-kind present for birthdays, graduations, anniversaries, holidays, or other special occasions. Commemorate any special occasion with the gift that supports the future of wildlife.

Please note: FONZ membership is not a benefit of adopting a species.

Questions? Email adopt@fonz.org