Adopt a Rhino as a Gift

Adopt a rhino 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 rhinos and other goodies, too!

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

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A solitary black rhino walking
© Richard Barrett / WWF-UK

A rhino adoption gift includes

Our standard rhino gift adoption pack includes an exclusive rhino 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 rhino 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. 

Rhino Cuddly Toy

A cuddly rhino 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 a rhino adoption.


Threats to rhinos

11,000
killed
Over 11,000 rhinos have been killed in Africa since 2008: more than 10 a week
Hunting
and poaching
It's estimated that nearly 1,000 rhino horns are illegally traded each year as part of the illegal wildlife trade
Climate
Change
In southern and eastern Africa, changing climates are likely to cause more deadly droughts
Habitat
Loss
Increased droughts can uproot rhinos as they damage rhino habitats and force them to look for food elsewhere

Adopt a rhino to help protect their future

A rhino adoption helps us:

  • equip and train rangers to monitor rhinos and protect them from poaching
  • continue work to tackle wildlife crime and stop poachers killing rhinos for their horns
  • ensure rhinos can thrive in the future by supporting conservation plans to soften the impacts of climate change

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

Close up of a young rhino walking toward the camera

Last-Minute Gift For a Special Occasion?

Letter thanking supporter for adopting a rhino with WWF
Get a last-minute rhino 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 rhino 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 rhino 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 rhino adoptions are more than a cuddly toy, they’re helping protect wildlife and their habitats. Your gift will support our work in protecting endangered rhinos from poaching, restoring and protecting their habitats, and fund research to help improve rhino populations


Rhino adoption gift FAQs

Rhino adoptions help us protect endangered rhinos from poaching, restore and protect their habitats, and fund research to help improve rhino populations.

Rhino adoptions are symbolic for donating and supporting our conservation work with rhinos. By adopting a rhino, you will be supporting a whole group of rhinos, rather than one individual. 

Donations from our adoptions go both directly to support rhinos, 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 help protect endangered rhinos from poaching and restore and protect their habitats, it will also fund our other vital work around the world.