Great Plains Zoo (GPZ) provides whole-life care to hundreds of animals. Caring for our animals is a joyful undertaking, but it is also expensive. In fact, we spend more than $5,000 each week on food alone!
Providing high-quality, professional care is our top priority - but we need your help!
Each animal comes with its own set of dietary restrictions, stimulation interests, habitat requirements, veterinary care needs, and so much more. "Adopting" an animal is a great way to support some of your favorite animals directly!
You can adopt the following:
Donations through GPZ's Adopt an Animal program fund all animals within each species, not just the specific animal shown. The animals shown represent the species you are supporting.
As an AZA accredited zoo, from time to time, our animals move based on recommendations in their species survival plans (SSPs). The animal will remain at GPZ for the duration of their lives, unless their SSP dictates otherwise.
The Zoo for All program has already accommodated almost $13,000 in free ticket requests this year - but our fund is dry. Can you help revive our wellspring of generosity for those kids who need it the most?
Will you consider making a donation to Zoo for All? Your gift will knock down barriers and help children experience everything the Zoo has to offer.
Planned gifts to the Great Plains Zoo help ensure future generations have an opportunity to make connections to the natural world and see animals they might otherwise only see in a textbook.
Planned giving opportunities at the Zoo include a donation of stocks/securities to the Zoo, or making a bequest to the Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium in wills, trusts, retirement plans, and insurance policies.
The Great Plains Zoo would be happy to work with you and your advisor to help determine the most appropriate way for you to give while achieving your goals.
Sioux Falls Zoo & Aquarium does not offer tax or financial planning advice. Please contact your financial planning professional or estate planning attorney for advice on planned giving.
The Great Plains Zoo is a key player in 43 Species Survival Plans including Amur Tigers, and Eastern Black Rhinoceros. Important work is being done right here in Sioux Falls, S.D., in order to create healthy populations of these precious animals worldwide. The Zoo also supports the work of global conservation efforts worldwide including the International Rhino Foundation, the Snow Leopard Trust, and others.
In addition to caring for hundreds of animals, the Great Plains Zoo serves as a regional rehabilitation facility for raptors and other native wildlife. In this role, the Zoo actively rehabilitates wild birds that are injured and sick for re-release into the wild. These wild birds have included Bald Eagles, Golden Eagles, Red-Tailed Hawks, Harlan’s Hawks, Great Horned Owls, Snowy Owls, and many other species.
A gift to our Conservation Fund helps make these important conservation efforts possible. Your gift can be designated for one or all of these projects.
For more information, please call (605) 367-8313 ext 113.
