Traditional Adoptions

Adopt any animal at the Zoo with a traditional (mailed) adoption, and help us continue to provide outstanding care.

Pick your animal from the list provided below, then choose your level of adoption to proceed to the shopping cart.
Gift any adoption simply by choosing to in your shopping cart.
Consider maximizing your adoption donation at any level by making it a digital adoption at check out. Materials are then sent via email and more of your money benefits the animal(s) you adopt.
Higher level traditional adoptions include a plush animal if available, yet they are different than Wild Adoption Gift Packages offered for our featured animals (Wild Adoption Gift Packages can be found HERE).

Adoption Level Choices

List of All Zoo Animals Available for Adoption*

MAMMALS	REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS & INVERTEBRATES	BIRDS & FISH
African Cape porcupine African elephant African lion Alaska moose American beaver Amur leopard Amur tiger Asiatic black bear Black and white Colobus monkey Black rhinoceros Black-footed ferret Bornean orangutan Canada lynx Chinchilla Degu Domestic ferret Domestic goat Domestic guinea pig Domestic rabbit Golden lion tamarin Grant’s zebra Grizzly bear Hoffmann’s two-toed sloth Madagascar lesser tenrec Matschie’s tree kangaroo Mexican wolf Mountain lion Mountain (Woolly) tapir Naked mole rat Nile hippopotomas North American porcupine North American river otter Okapi Pallas’ cat Pygmy hedgehog Red River hog Red-necked wallaby Reticulated giraffe Ring-tailed lemur Rock hyrax Rocky Mountain goat Siamang Slender-tailed meerkat Snow leopard Striped skunk Sumatran orangutan Three-banded armadillo Virginia opossum Warthog Western Lowland gorilla	African pancake tortoise African spurred tortoise Agama American alligator Andean (Honduran) milksnake Argentine red tegu Asian forest scorpion Axolotl Baja blue rock lizard Ball python Bavay’s giant gecko Bearded dragon Black widow spider Blue death-feigning beetle Blue-tongued skink Blue Spiny Lizard Blue tree monitor Bornean (Blood) short-tailed python Bullsnake Burmese python California kingsnake Cane toad Chilean rose-haired tarantula Chuckwalla Collared lizard Crested gecko Desert blonde tarantula Desert kingsnake Eastern box turtle Egyptian tortoise Emerald tree monitor Emperor newt European glass lizard Fire skink Flower snake Giant African bullfrog Giant African millipede Gila monster Hermit crab Kenyan sand boa Large blotched python Leopard gecko Leopard tortoise Madagascar hissing cockroach Mali spiny-tailed lizard Moroccan spiny-tailed lizard Ornate box turtle Pacific pond turtle Pearl River map turtle Pine/Gopher snake Prehensile-tailed skink Mandarin trinket snake New Caledonia giant gecko Red-eared slider Red-eyed tree frog Red-footed tortoise Ridley’s (beauty) cave snake Rosy boa Sonoran desert millipede Star tortoise Tiger salamander Tokay gecko Veiled chameleon Western hognose snake White’s tree frog Woma python Wyoming toad	Abyssinian ground hornbill African grey parrot African penguin American kestrel Australian shelduck Bald eagle Barn owl Budgerigar (budgie / parakeet) Cape griffon vulture Cattle egret Cockatiel Crested Guinea fowl Domestic Chicken East African crowned crane Eastern crested guineafowl Eclectus parrot Emu Eurasian griffon vulture Hemleted guineafowl Indian blue peafowl (peacock) Koi Muscovy duck North American wood duck Pink-backed pelican Princess parrot Raven Rio Grande wild turkey Screech owl Southern ground hornbill Western screech owl

*If you wish to adopt at a level that is not shown, please contact the Membership office at 719-424-7815