Adopt a Penguin as a Gift
Adopt a penguin 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 penguins and other goodies, too!
Our adoptions are the perfect gift for penguin lovers' birthdays, Christmas or any occasion! When you choose a penguin gift adoption, you are supporting both penguins and WWF's wider work to help bring our world back to life.
A penguin adoption gift includes
Our standard penguin gift pack includes an exclusive penguin 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 penguin 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.
Threats to penguins
Adopt a penguin to help protect their future
A penguin adoption helps us:
- keep track of penguin populations so we know where to focus conservation efforts
- protect important penguin feeding areas from unregulated fishing
- raise awareness of the impact that climate change will have on penguin populations
The survival of penguins depends on our protection. Please help us to bring our world back to life, before it's too late.
Last-Minute Gift For a Special Occasion?
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 penguin 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 penguin 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 penguin adoptions are more than a cuddly toy, they’re helping protect wildlife and their habitats. Your gift will support our work in reducing illegal and unsustainable fishing practices, raise awareness of the threats of climate change, and establish new marine protected areas so penguins can thrive.
Penguin adoption gift FAQs
Penguin adoptions help us work with governments to create new marine protected areas and reduce illegal and unsustainable fishing practices.
Penguin adoptions are symbolic for donating and supporting our conservation work with penguins. By adopting a penguin, you will be supporting a whole group of penguins, rather than one individual.
Donations from our adoptions go both directly to support penguins, 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. Your gift will not only support our work in reducing illegal and unsustainable fishing practices, raise awareness of the threats of climate change, and establish new marine protected areas so penguins can thrive - but also fund our other vital work around the world.
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