Adopt an Animal Today
Protect wildlife. Rescue individual animals. Adopt an animal with Born Free and support real change from just £5 a month.
When you adopt an animal, you help protect threatened species and fund vital work. Your support helps fund hands-on conservation, rescue, campaigning and lifetime care.
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Animal Adoptions with Born Free
Why adopt with Born Free?
When you adopt an animal with Born Free, your support has a real, immediate impact.
Every adoption helps fund the work that protects wild animals.
The money raised by adoptions can help cover the cost of lifetime sanctuary, food and care for an animal saved from the horror of captivity; it can help pay for rangers to carry out patrols and remove dangerous snares that kill or injure lions, giraffes and elephants in the wild. Funds from animal adoptions will be used across the charity where it is needed most.
What you receive in your adoption pack
Every adoption includes:
- Personalised adoption certificate
- Welcome pack including welcome letter, factsheet and photograph of your animal
- Regular updates on your animal and the project you’re supporting
- My Adopt magazine twice a year
- Soft toy of your animal if you choose a physical pack
You can adopt today from £5 a month, or make a one-off payment of £60 for the year. Our adoptions also make a great gift and can also be bought with a one-off payment on behalf of someone else.
How long does my animal adoption last?
Your adoption will last for one year. After your initial gift pack, we will send you an update all about your adopted animal and the project in both spring and autumn. If you choose to adopt by monthly Direct Debit, this will automatically renew your adoption every year until you cancel it, and you will keep receiving your adoption updates. If you have adopted as a one-off purchase, we will write to you with the option of renewing for another year.
Will I be the only person who adopts an animal?
Born Free adoptions are a co-sponsorship programme which means multiple people can adopt the same animal or species.
How is my adoption money spent?
Every year, Born Free rescues and protects thousands of animals around the world. Whether this is funding anti-poaching patrols, key research initiatives, campaigning to end the illegal wildlife trade, or providing lifetime care for rescued animals, the money raised from our adoption programme funds key work and helps to provide a better future for wildlife. Money from your adoption will be used to help fund the care and/or protection of the adopted animal/species, as well as to fund other key Born Free initiatives and projects. Funds from animal adoptions will be used across the charity where it is needed most.
Want to support wildlife but can’t decide what animal to adopt?
You can become a Born Free supporter with a simple monthly donation that helps protect all our rescued and wild animals.