Adopt an Orangutan as a Gift

Adopt an orangutan 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 orangutans and other goodies, too!

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

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A Orangutan adoption gift includes

Our standard orangutan gift pack includes an exclusive orangutan 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 orangutan 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.

Orangutan Cuddly Toy

A cuddly Orangutan 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 Orangutan adoption.


Threats to Orangutans

Habitat
Loss
Palm oil plantations and new roads devastate orangutan habitats, reducing access to food
Poaching
and Hunting
Orangutans can be hunted for meat or captured illegally for the pet trade
Farming
Practices
Man-made forest fires clear land for agriculture but directly threaten orangutans
Climate
Change
More rains, fire and extreme weather will severely reduce orangutan’s food sources

Adopt an orangutan, help protect their future

An orangutan adoption helps us:

  • collect critical scientific data to help guide conservation efforts
  • promote sustainable palm oil, helping growers adopt sustainable practices
  • work with local agencies to combat illegal wildlife crime

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

Orangutan in a tree


Last-Minute Gift For a Special Occasion?

Letter thanking supporter for adopting an orangutan with WWF
Get a last-minute Orangutan 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 Orangutan 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 Orangutan 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 Orangutan adoptions are more than a cuddly toy, they’re helping protect wildlife and their habitats. Your gift will support our work to identify and restore wildlife corridors between protected areas. This will reconnect previously fragmented orangutan habitat so there will be large blocks of interconnected forests. We're also promoting the production and use of sustainable palm oil. We helped set up the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) which is working to transform markets and make sustainable palm oil the norm.


Orangutan adoption gift FAQs

Orangutan adoptions help us create and extend protected areas of rainforest, promote use of sustainable palm oil and support local communities in managing protected areas.

Orangutan adoptions are symbolic for donating and supporting our conservation work with orangutans. By adopting an orangutan, you will be supporting a whole group orangutans, rather than one individual. 

Donations from our adoptions go both directly to support orangutans, 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 protect orangutan habitats but also fund our other vital work around the world.