Animal Amigos
Celebrate the winter season by sponsoring one of our Gentoo penguins! Native to the subantarctic islands, these flightless birds are well-adapted for the cold. Like most penguins, they store a lot of fat in their body to keep warm, as well as a thick layer of insulating feathers. Gentoo penguins can reach a length of 70 to 90 cm (28 to 35 in) making them the third-largest species of penguin. Male and female Gentoo penguins typically mate for life and raise offspring together without picking other mates.
Like all animals at the Indianapolis Zoo, our Gentoo penguins are ambassadors for their counterparts in the wild. While they are listed as a species of least concern in the wild, some of their populations are threatened by pollution, hunting, and human recreational activities. Through the Animal Amigo program, you support the care of our Gentoo penguins here at the Zoo and support the Indianapolis Zoo’s global conservation efforts.
WHAT YOU GET
For a donation of $50 or more, you’ll receive an Animal Amigo package which includes one penguin plush, photo, certificate, trading card and recognition on the Animal Amigo donor board.*
giraffe, brown bear, red panda, meerkat, Flamingo, dolphin, red kangaroo or grey seal.
*Animal Amigo donor board is located inside the Oceans building at the Zoo
For more information or to donate to the Animal Amigo program, please contact James Negron at 317-630-2049, by email at amigo@indyzoo.com, or visit IndianapolisZoo.com and click on Support the Zoo.
Gifts and Groups: Animal Amigo donations make great gifts. You can purchase one as an individual or as a group.
ADOPT AN AMUR TIGER FOR ONLY $50!
Choose an Animal to Sponsor
For a donation of $100 or more, choose any of these animals and receive a plush, photo, and certificate. Plus, you'll be recognized on the animal amigo donor board*
The largest land animal requires a lot of care, and your gift will support our herd of five elephants.
Stop by the lion chat to watch your support in action as our Zookeepers provide care and training for our pride.
Support the American alligators and Orinoco crocodiles at the Zoo through the Animal Amigos program.
Your gift helps guests connect with our pod of 10 energetic dolphins through educational programs like our free Dolphin Presentations.
Help provide Kiak and Mi-kal with all their favorite foods as an Animal Amigo!
Become an Animal Amigo today to help provide the food and care for our flamingos.
Become an Animal Amigo today and help support a community of chimpanzees! Your gift helps each of the 21 chimpanzees at the new Penny & Jock Fortune International Chimpanzee Complex presented by Central Indiana Honda Dealers.
See our flocks flying through the Zoo during the Magnificent Macaw presentation. Our daily chats are all made possible with help from your gift.
Guests come face to face with these adorable Desert dwellers during meerkat chats. Your support as an Animal Amigo helps us provide these educational opportunities.
From our dominant male Azy to our youngest ape Mila, your gift helps each of our unique orangutans at the Simon Skjodt International Orangutan Center.
Meet our new roo-mates! To celebrate our newest additions to the Indianapolis Zoo, we are giving you the opportunity to sponsor your very own friend from down under.
Your donation helps provide our red pandas, Nyima and Sampson, with exceptional care as well as plenty of bamboo, berries and all their favorite treats.
Help our guests get to know the world’s tallest land mammal. Support our giraffe herd through the Animal Amigo program.
Several of our sloths were rehabilitated at APPC, a wildlife rescue center in Panama. Help sloths here and in the wild as an Animal Amigo.
As the threats to white rhinos increase in the wild, your support as an Animal Amigo helps us offer opportunities for guests to connect with this endangered species.