Traditional & Digital Adoptions

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

First, pick your animal from the list provided below Then click on your level of adoption to proceed to the shopping cart.
Gift any adoption simply by choosing to once 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

(The giraffe adoption is shown here as an example. You will enter your specific animal for adoption during checkout.)

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 Domestic rat 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 hippopotamus 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 Slender-tailed meerkat Snow leopard Striped skunk Sumatran orangutan Three-banded armadillo Virginia opossum Warthog Western Lowland gorilla White-cheeked gibbon	African bullfrong African pancake tortoise African spurred tortoise Agama (Somali) American alligator Andean (Honduran) milksnake Argentine red tegu Asian forest scorpion Axolotl Ball python Baja blue rock lizard Bavay’s giant gecko Bearded dragon Blacktail Cribo 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 Curlyhair tarantula Desert blonde tarantula Desert kingsnake Eastern box turtle Egyptian tortoise Emperor newt European glass lizard Fire skink Giant African millipede Gila monster Gray-banded kingsnake Greenbottle blue tarantula Hermit crab Honeybee Indigo snake Kenyan sand boa Kingsnake Leopard gecko Leopard tortoise Madagascar hissing cockroach Mali spiny-tailed lizard Mandarin trinket snake Moroccan spiny-tailed lizard Nelson’s milksnake Ornate box turtle Pearl River map turtle Prehensile-tailed skink Mandarin trinket snake Rainbow whiptail lizard Red-eared slider Red-eyed tree frog Red-footed tortoise Ridley’s (beauty) cave snake Rosy boa Spotted python Star tortoise Stimson’s python Thorny devil stick insect Tokay gecko Veiled chameleon Western hognose snake Western pond turtle White’s tree frog Woma python Wyoming toad	Abyssinian ground hornbill African grey parrot African penguin Australian shelduck Bald eagle Barn owl Budgerigar (budgie / parakeet) Cape griffon vulture Cattle egret Cockatiel Domestic Chicken East African crowned crane Eastern crested guineafowl Eclectus parrot Emu Hemleted guineafowl Indian blue peafowl (peacock) Koi Muscovy duck North American wood duck Pink-backed pelican Princess parrot Rainbow trout Rio Grande wild turkey Southern ground hornbill Western screech owl

*If you wish to adopt at a level that is not shown, please contact the Membership office at 719-424-7830 or 719-424-7893

NOTE: All adoptions are valid for one year. Like all living creatures, Zoo animals may become ill, pass away or move to another zoo temporarily or permanently. If the animal leaves for any reason, your symbolic adoption can be transferred to another animal for the remainder of your adoption year.
(For all adoption packages that include a plush, a $6.95 shipping and handling fee is added to the total donation.)

List of All Zoo Animals Available for Adoption*

MAMMALS

REPTILES, AMPHIBIANS & INVERTEBRATES

BIRDS & FISH