This penguin will
Rock the holidays!
Adopt a Southern rockhopper penguin from the Saint Louis Zoo
Holiday Adoption
This special 2024 holiday adoption package includes:
- A 12-inch rockhopper penguin plush toy with 2024 commemorative tag (while supplies last)
- Holiday gift card from you
- Personalized adoption certificate
- Color photo with animal facts
- Name on the Zoo Parents Donor Wall and website for one year
- Car decal
- Invitation to the Zoo Parents Picnic
Each adoption is lovingly and personally packed. We will mail your order within 14-21 business days of receipt. Orders are not guaranteed to be delivered by December 24. Please allow as much time as possible when placing your order for delivery. Supplies are limited.
Anniversary seals and renewal commemorative gifts, when applicable, will be mailed.
How to order:
Please order early!
To ensure delivery by Dec. 24, mail, phone and online orders should be made by Dec. 2. On-site purchases are available at the Welcome Desks through Dec. 24 until 1 p.m.
Online Orders
- $60 package includes shipping and handling for locations within the contiguous United States.
- Online orders are not guaranteed to be delivered by December 24.
- Orders will be mailed within 14-21 business days of receipt. Please allow as much time as possible when placing your order.
Purchase at the Zoo
Save when you purchase a holiday adoption package at a Zoo Welcome Desk and take it home with you that day.
- The special in-person, take-home price of $50 applies to on-site sales.
- Take-home purchases are welcome at the Zoo through 1 p.m. on December 24.
- Add $10 for shipped orders (locations within the contiguous U.S.) when purchased at a Welcome Desk at Zoo entrances. Shipped orders are not guaranteed to be delivered by December 24. Orders will be mailed within 14-21 business days of receipt. Please allow as much time as possible when placing your order.
Phone Orders
- $60 package includes shipping and handling for locations within the contiguous United States.
- Call (314) 646-4771, option 2, during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
- Shipped orders are not guaranteed to be delivered by December 24. Orders will be mailed within 14-21 business days of receipt. Please allow as much time as possible when placing your order.
Proceeds
All proceeds go directly toward the care and feeding of the animals.