Blank Park Zoo
Blank Park Zoo

Open Daily, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$20 adults, $15 children
 

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Open Daily, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
$20 adults, $15 children
 

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Adopt an Animal

Symbolically add a Blank Park Zoo animal to your family today!

Become the proud, symbolic parent of one of the animals that call Blank Park Zoo home, by participating in the Adopt an Animal program. By adopting an animal through this program, you not only help in the care and feeding of that animal, but also support important education and conservation programs at Blank Park Zoo.

There are four different Adoption Packages to choose from:

$50 package 

  • Adoption Certificate
  • Animal Photo

$100 package

  • Adoption Certificate
  • Animal Photo
  • Name on Exhibit for One Year
  • Two Feed Bundles*

$250 package

  • Adoption Certificate
  • Animal Photo
  • Name on Exhibit for One Year
  • Two Feed Bundles*
  • Small Plush Animal

$500 package

  • Adoption Certificate
  • Animal Photo
  • Name on Exhibit for One Year
  • Two Feed Bundles*
  • Small Plush Animal
  • Invite to Loyalty Event

*A Feed Bundle includes a giraffe feeding, parakeet feeding and Kids Kingdom feed bundle. Subject to availability.

The animals listed below are available for adoption:

African Lion
Aldabra Tortoise
American (Bald) Eagle
Amur Tiger
Bat Habitat
Bennett's Wallaby
Black Rhinoceros
Cassowary
Chilean Flamingo
Coral Reef
Cotton-top Tamarin
Dwarf Caiman
Hartmann's Mountain Zebra
Japanese Macaque
Lemur Habitat
Magellan Penguin
North American River Otter
Okapi
Poison Dart Frog
Red Panda
Red River Hog
Reticulated Giraffe
White-Handed Gibbon
 

BECOME A ZOO PARENT

To Adopt a Zoo Animal you can make a contribution on-line today, complete and mail this form, or contact the Zoo:

Blank Park Zoo Foundation, Inc.
7401 SW 9th Street
Des Moines, Iowa 50315
Phone: 515.974.2584    
development@blankparkzoo.org

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