Choose your level and animal. If this is a gift, remember to set your shipping address to the name and address of the recipient.

Add a Wild Child!

Do you have a favorite Great Plains Zoo animal? It may lumber, slither, flap or fly, but it’s that specific animal that makes your visit to the Zoo special. Now imagine our grocery bill, with over 1,000 mouths to feed!

Each year the Zoological Society of Sioux Falls raises funds to improve exhibits, upgrade buildings and maintain quality habitats for the animals living at the Great Plains Zoo. By adopting an animal, you are contributing directly to those habitat improvements for all of the Zoo’s animals.

Your sponsorship lasts for one year. Adopt-an-Animal packages make wonderful gifts for birthdays, holidays and anniversaries!

Adoption Levels

Animal Adoptions are renewable each year. You may choose to continue supporting the same animal, or you may change to a different animal. All the animals listed are available to an unlimited number of adoptions.

Adoption levels are as follows:

• Zoo Parent ($100)
  • Photo of Adopted Animal
  • Animal Fact Sheet
  • Certificate of Adoption
  • 2 Zoo Passes to Visit Your Animal
• Zookeeper ($250)
  • Photo of Adopted Animal
  • Animal Fact Sheet
  • Certificate of Adoption
  • 4 Zoo Passes to Visit Your Animal
• Zoo Curator ($500)
  • Photo of Adopted Animal
  • Animal Fact Sheet
  • Certificate of Adoption
  • 6 Zoo Passes to Visit Your Animal
  • Opportunity to Meet the Zookeeper Who Cares for Your Animal
  • Opportunity for a Behind-the-Scenes Tour for Two
• Zoo Ambassador ($1,000)
  • Photo of Adopted Animal
  • Animal Fact Sheet
  • Certificate of Adoption
  • 8 Zoo Passes to Visit Your Animal
  • Opportunity to Meet the Zookeeper Who Cares for Your Animal
  • Opportunity for a Behind-the-Scenes Tour for Eight