Purchase an Adoption

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

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*

  *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
  • Horned guan*
  • Monarch butterfly
  • Red-kneed Tarantula

  *At risk in the wild
  
  
  

• Children's Zoo
  • Alpaca
  • Great horned owl
  • Fennec fox*
  • Guinea pig
  • Matschie's tree kangaroo*
  • Mini burro
  • Naked mole rat
  • Slender-tailed meerkat
  • Tasmanian Devil*

  *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* 
  • Golden lion tamarin*
  • 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
  • Asian Elephant*
  • Black rhinoceros*
  • Black-tailed prairie dog
  • California sea lion
  • 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
  • Crownose stingray
  • Southern stingray