Adopt an animal at the Children’s Zoo

Looking for a unique gift? Well, we’ve got the perfect gift for animal lovers!

From our donkey’s right down to the super furry smaller animals, your support for our Children’s Zoo is invaluable. It helps us afford luxury items for our animals such as shelter for the alpacas, Herdwick sheep and ornamental waterfowl.

With your generous support, we’ve installed new squirrel sheds, purchased an incubator, rugs and a harness for the donkeys, a set of ornamental entrance gates, our lovebird aviary, feed troughs, and veterinary scales – the list could go on!

The cost for our animal adoptions for the first year is £25 and you can choose from the following animals:

Alpaca

Donkey

Goat

Pig

Peacock

Rabbit

Red squirrel

What do I get?

As part of your animal adoption, you will receive our exclusive adoption pack, tailored for your animal of choice.

In your first year of adoption, you will receive the following: 

  • An A5 adoption pack for your chosen animal which will include: 
  • Personalised certificate 
  • Thank you card with a personalised message from your loved one/animal 
  • Fact pack for your chosen animal 
  • Meet our animals insert for your chosen animal 
  • Photograph/postcard of your chosen animal 
  • A cuddly toy of your chosen animal 
  • Your name on our adoption board in the zoo 
  • A greetings card from your chosen animal on your birthday
  • Invitation to an exclusive adoption ‘meet the animals’ zoo tour for you and one guest




Can I renew my adoption after the first year?

Yes! We always love it when our adoptees renew their adoption and continue their support for our lovely zoo. As a thank you for your continued support, year on year you have the chance to receive some exclusive items available only to our adopters when they choose to renew.

Renew for year two

In your second year, should you choose to renew your adoption, it will cost £30 and you will receive the following: 

  • An A5 adoption pack for your chosen animal which will include: 
    • Personalised year 2 adoption certificate 
    • Thank you card with a personalised message from your loved one/animal 
    • Fact pack for your chosen animal 
    • Meet our animals insert for your chosen animal 
    • Photograph/postcard of your chosen animal 
    • Children’s Zoo stickers 
  • Your name on our adoption board in the zoo 
  • A greetings card from your chosen animal on your birthday
  • Invitation to an exclusive adoption ‘meet the animals’ zoo tour for you and one guest 
  • A Children’s Zoo keyring 

Renew for year three

In your third year, should you choose to renew once more, it will cost £35 and you will receive the following: 

  • An A5 adoption pack for your chosen animal which will include: 
    • Personalised year 3 adoption certificate 
    • Thank you card with a personalised message from your loved one/animal 
    • Fact pack for your chosen animal 
    • Meet our animals insert for your chosen animal 
    • Photograph/postcard of your chosen animal 
    • Children’s Zoo stickers 
  • Your name on our adoption board in the zoo 
  • A greetings card from your chosen animal on your birthday
  • An invitation to an alpaca walk/zookeeper experience 
  • An exclusive Children’s Zoo tote bag 

Order your animal adoption today!

You can choose to have your adoption pack sent to you to give as a gift to your recipient, or we can post the pack directly to them as a special surprise!

All of our adoption packs include a greetings card to welcome the adopter to our scheme from your chosen animal, however if you prefer you can leave your own bespoke message, or we can leave the card blank for you to write a message yourself.

Please allow for 10 working days to receive your animal adoption pack.

If you are looking to give the gift of an animal adoption this Christmas, please note that our final postal date to guarantee delivery in time for Christmas is 12pm on Wednesday 18 December 2024.

All orders placed after this time will be processed in the New Year (from Wednesday 2 January 2025.)

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