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A gift that means more! Adopt a Zoos SA animal this Christmas.

Make Christmas meaningful! Animal adoptions help provide specialised diets, vet care, safe habitats, and the enrichment that sparks natural behaviours.

Your Zoos SA Christmas Animal Adoption will come with an instant gift certificate emailed to you, ready for printing  – perfect for a last minute gift! 

Asian Elephant

The largest land mammal in Asia! They are highly intelligent, gentle and social animals.

Giant Pandas

Xing Qiu and Yi Lan are part of a vital research and conservation program.

Cheeky Chimps

Our chimp troop have big personalities and are helping keep this endangered species swinging.

Greater Bilbies

Our bilbies have had amazing breeding success for re-introduction to the wild.

Charismatic Cheetahs

Our beautiful cheetah play an important role in breeding for this vulnerable species.

Fiesty Devils

Our cheeky devils are helping build an insurance population in the fight against cancer among Tassie devils.

Gorgeous Gibbons

Our wonderful and growing gibbon family love swinging and singing.

Ginormous Giraffe

As the most successful giraffe breeding institution in Australasia, Monarto Safari Park has helped keep giraffes standing tall.

Happy Hippopotamus

Our hippo has been delighting visitors since the 1960’s.

Magnificent Lions

With amazing breeding success, Monarto Safari Park is home to one of the largest lion prides in Australia.

Merry Meerkats

Our inquisitive meerkat mob love exploring, playing and keeping a watchful eye on passers by.

Stunning Orangutans

Our Sumatran Orangutans are all full of personality and intelligence, never ceasing to amaze.

Remarkable Rhinoceros

Our Rhinos love their keepers and are part of a breeding program helping build the region’s insurance population.

Majestic Tigers

Our Sumatran Tigers can’t get enough of relaxing, eating and playing.

Red Tailed Black Cockatoo

These inquisitive birds love exploring and are ambassadors for important conservation work happening in the field.

Western Swamp Tortoise

Western Swamp Tortoises are amazing little animals and one of the oldest reptiles on the planet.

Other Animals

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Zoos SA Christmas Animal Adoption

Your adoption will not only help support animals in our zoos and in the wild but keep vital conservation projects active, contribute to ongoing research and breeding programs and help us save species from extinction!

Your valuable contribution will provide the much-needed funds to allow us to continue this work and achieve our mission. Donations of more than $2 are 100% tax deductible and will receive an official tax receipt once payment is processed.

Donate to help save species

As a conservation charity, we rely heavily on our supporters to help us continue our valuable breeding and conservation programs. When you donate to Zoos SA, you’re helping to care for the wonderful animals in our zoos and support our conservation projects in the wild. We love being able to help save incredible species like the mainland Tammar Wallaby and the Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo.

Where does your money go?

Every dollar you contribute makes a big difference in helping to save species from extinction and connect people with nature. To learn more about us visit the annual reports section of our website.

About Zoos SA

Zoos SA is a not-for-profit conservation charity that exists to connect people with nature and save species from extinction. Zoos SA acknowledges the Country on which we stand always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land and we pay our deepest respect and gratitude to Kaurna (Adelaide Zoo) and Ngarrindjeri (Monarto Safari Park) Elders, past, present and emerging. We undertake critical conservation work throughout Australia and acknowledge the traditional custodians of these lands.

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