Purchase an Adoption

Adoptions can be purchased online or by calling (314) 646-4771, option 2.

Adopt an animal online 

Any animal at the Zoo is available for adoption. If you do not see the animal you wish to adopt listed below, please call (314) 646-4771, (800) 966-8877 or e-mail adoption@stlzoo.org. Find answers to our Frequently Asked Questions.

• Bears
  • Malayan sun bear*
  • Polar bear*
  • Grizzly bear

  *At risk in the wild
  
  

• Big Cats
  • African lion*
  • Amur leopard*
  • Amur tiger*
  • Cheetah*
  • Jaguar*
  • Puma
  • Serval
  • Snow leopard*

  *At risk in the wild

  
  
  

• Birds & Invertebrates
  • Bald eagle
  • Bateleur eagle*
  • Caribbean flamingo
  • Great Horned owl 
  • Horned guan*
  • Monarch butterfly
  • Red-kneed Tarantula

  *At risk in the wild
  
  
  

• Hoofed Mammals
  • Babirusa*
  • Bactrian camel*
  • Grevy's zebra*
  • Lesser kudu*
  • Okapi*
  • Reticulated giraffe*
  • Somali wild ass*
  • Speke's gazelle*
  • Takin*

  *At risk in the wild

• Penguins & Puffins
  • Horned puffin
  • Humboldt penguin*
  • King penguin
  • Southern rockhopper penguin*

  *At risk in the wild

• Primates
  • Black and white ruffed lemur                 
  • Black-handed spider monkey*
  • Chimpanzee*
  • Coquerel's sifaka*
  • Cotton-top tamarin*
  • Guereza colobus monkey* 
  • Ring-tailed lemur*
  • Sumatran orangutan*
  • Western lowland gorilla*

  *At risk in the wild

• Reptiles & Amphibians
  • American alligator
  • Galapagos tortoise*
  • Hellbender*
  • King cobra*
  • Panamanian golden frog*
  • Poison dart frog

  *At risk in the wild

• Other Mammals
  • Alpaca
  • Asian Elephant*
  • Black rhinoceros*
  • Black-tailed prairie dog
  • California sea lion
  • Capybara
  • North American River Otter
  • Nile hippopotamus*
  • North American river otter
  • Harbor Seal
  • Painted dog*
  • Red kangaroo
  • Red panda*
  • Spotted hyena

  • * At risk in the wild.

• Sharks & Stingrays

  Available seasonally, April – September

  • Bonnethead shark
  • Cownose stingray
  • Southern stingray