Adopt an Elephant as a Gift

Adopt an elephant as a gift for a loved one, choose between a welcome pack for an adult or a child. They'll get an exclusive WWF cuddly toy, regular stories about elephants and other goodies, too!

Our adoptions are the perfect gift for elephant lovers' birthdays, Christmas or any occasion! When you choose an elephant gift adoption, you are supporting both elephants and WWF's wider work to help bring our world back to life.

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a younger elephant plays with an older elephant against a mountainous backdrop
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A elephant adoption gift includes

Our standard elephant gift pack includes an exclusive elephant cuddly toy, field notes on the animal, a keepsake photograph, information about our conservation work, a certificate and a postcard.

Our under 12 adoption pack includes a colouring-in activity, an exclusive elephant cuddly toy, a certificate, an interactive booklet, a postcard and information about the work we do. At checkout, you can choose between a Standard or Under 12's welcome pack, depending on who you're buying for. 

Elephant Cuddly Toy

A cuddly elephant soft toy is included in your adoption gift. Toy may vary from image shown.

Welcome Pack

Packed with plenty of details about the difference our amazing adopters make.

Regular Updates

We'll keep your gift recipient updated on how their gift is supporting our vital work.

Certificate

Create a personalised adoption certificate when you gift an elephant adoption.


Threats to Elephants

17,000
killed
Over the last ten years, around 17,000 African elephants were killed for their ivory
50-120
shot
50-120 elephants are shot by wildlife authorities each year in Kenya because they destroy crops
Habitat
Loss
Human settlements and farming are destroying elephant grassland habitats
Climate
Change
In southern and eastern Africa, changing climates are likely to cause more deadly droughts

Adopt an elephant to help protect their future

An elephant adoption helps us:

  • protect habitats and restore ‘wildlife corridors’ so elephants can migrate safely
  • train and equip anti-poaching patrols to stop the illegal wildlife trade
  • work with local communities to monitor elephant movement and reduce human-elephant conflict
  • ensure elephants can thrive in the future by supporting conservation plans to prepare for the devastating impacts of climate change

The survival of elephants depends on our protection. Please help us to bring our world back to life, before it's too late.

Group of Elephants at a Waterhole

Last-Minute Gift For a Special Occasion?

Letter thanking supporter for adopting an elephant with WWF
Get a last-minute elephant Christmas or birthday gift! You can print or email a personalised gift certificate online to give on the day.

Free delivery

We offer free delivery but ask you to consider helping to cover postage with an optional £3 donation taken at checkout. This means more of your gift can go towards supporting your adoption animal and our wider work.

Your gift pack will be sent within 2-3 working days - but allow up to 5 working days for it to arrive. 


Benefits of adopting as a gift

A WWF elephant adoption is the perfect hassle-free gift for friends or family with a passion for wildlife and making a difference.

Sustainable gift - make your impact go further

Gift packaging is FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) certified and uses 100% recycled materials. No plastic is used in our gift packaging and it can be fully recycled.  

Our adoption toys are made to the Blue Angel standard. This independent ecolabel certification means these soft toys have a lower environmental impact and higher protection for human health, for example protecting workers rights, compared to other soft toys. If you would like to make your support go further, in checkout you can choose to not send the toy in your recipient. Although we have worked hard to reduce the footprint of our toys, they still have an impact on the environment, so choosing not to receive a toy is the most environmentally-friendly option and your loved one will still receive a welcome pack and regular updates.

Convenient and pressure-free gifts

Order online and your gift recipient will be sent a welcome pack directly to their door. If you need a last-minute gift, you'll receive a personalised gorilla gift certificate to give to your loved one while waiting for the pack to arrive.

You can also browse other species to adopt as a gift.

Impact

Our elephant adoptions are more than a cuddly toy, they’re helping protect wildlife and their habitats. Your gift will support our work in protecting elephants through anti-poaching patrols and our work with local communities to reduce human-elephant conflict.


Elephant adoption gift FAQs

Elephant adoptions help us; support locals in reducing human-elephant conflict through methods like bee fences and protect elephant habitats and restore degraded grasslands.

Elephant adoptions are symbolic for donating and supporting our conservation work with elephants. By adopting an elephant, you will be supporting a whole group of elephants, rather than one individual. 

Donations from our adoptions go both directly to support elephants, as well as to fund our wider work to protect nature and our planet. 

Your gift recipient will receive an optional toy and welcome pack. 

If the welcome pack won't arrive in time for a special event such as a birthday, you can print or email a personalised gift certificate online to give while you’re waiting for the pack to arrive. 


Animal adoptions like yours give a huge boost to our work. They not only help fund projects to work with local communities to reduce human-elephant conflict, but also fund our other vital work around the world.