Anyone else ever adopt a "species"?

[luvflorida]

My youngest daughter's birthday was yesterday. She is now 15! Since she is a huge animal lover I wanted to get her something with that in mind. She is now the proud "parent" of a Golden Lion Tamarin monkey and a manatee named Ariel!

When we visited the Washington National Zoo last April, she fell in love with the cute little GLT monkeys, so I made a donation in her name to the zoo and she received a cute plush GLT monkey, photograph, adoption certifcate and fact sheet. I also adopted for her, in her name, a rescued manatee who resides at Homosassa Spring Wildlife Park in Florida. She received a packet of information, along with a photograph of "her" manatee. She was thrilled with these gifts.

Has anyone else ever adopted a species, and if so, which one? I think it makes a wonderful gift for someone who loves and cares about animals. Depending on which species you adopt, the money goes toward the care of zoo animals, saving/protecting endangered species, rescuing injured animals, and in any number of other ways that help these animals.

The neat thing about "her" manatee is that we can visit her on our next trip to Florida!

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Yes, I've "adopted" several fruit bats and various birds of prey.

 

[luvflorida]

Yes, I've "adopted" several fruit bats and various birds of prey.

Oh, I'm glad someone likes flying critters! I have a fear of birds and bats!

And I love your photo of Monty Dog and Dodger. They are sooooooooooooo adorable and I miss seeing them on the Disboards!

 

[Lil_Tink]

Nope but my freind has

 

[EsmeraldaX]

Oh, I'm glad someone likes flying critters! I have a fear of birds and bats!

And I love your photo of Monty Dog and Dodger. They are sooooooooooooo adorable and I miss seeing them on the Disboards!

Thanks and that is a gorgeous close up of Henry.

I have a love of all things with wings. Birds, esp. falcons, hawks and eagles. Bats, esp. the big fruit bats. And even butterflies and dragonflies.

I could have visited one the adopted bats, but he was in another state and I never made it out there.

 

[Sparx]

I adopted a horse and her name is Funny Face, she lives Death Valley.

 

[jenm2878]

Yup! I adopted a giraffe. Our zoo has a special night in July where only "zoo parents" can come to an otherwise closed park. Very cool.

 

[Miller1412]

I teach kindergarten and every year, we run a project where the kids collect quarters for doing earth friendly jobs, then we total them up and adopt an endangered animal of their choice. We've adopted manatees, tamarins, boa constrictors, coatis, iguanas, and more. It's a fabulous lesson for the kids and it is neat to see them so on fire for saving our earth and animals.

 

[Saffron]

I love that idea Miller1412! I hope you don't mind, but I think I'll ask my preschool class to do something donate quarters and next April on Earth Day we'll do the same thing!

I adopted a whale through Green Peace way back in 1982. The adoption fee was good for one year. The whale had a name (I can't remember), but the picture they sent me was of her (I remember it was a her!) tail or fluke.

 

[totalia]

lol. I didn't even know you could do that. Totally cool. What an original idea.

 

[Feralpeg]

We adopted a wolf. He is part of the Sawtooth pack in a sanctuary in Minnestota.

 

[denisem]

Wow...just last night I ran across a Big Cat Rescue site in Tampa, FL that does the "adoption" thing.

Thought it'd be a great gift for DH - but as he chose a FL Manatee license plate for his car and Homosassa is 1/2 hour drive away...maybe I'll have to do both.