Adopt
Adopt an endangered species today to help protect the habitats of our most vulnerable birds, dolphins, freshwater fish, plants and insects. You can even adopt some weta fungus.
Cute Chicks Need Our Help
Every year on our beaches, in our forests and rivers, endangered birds are hatching. These places are their homes and their nurseries. There are many threats to these precious taonga, like wild and domestic cats, and dogs off-leash.
When you adopt a cute chick, you will receive an official adoption certificate and a link to a flyer about you can help keep cute chicks safe.
Your donation will go towards greater protections for some of our most vulnerable, native chicks.
We Love You, Even If You're Ugly
At the Endangered Species Foundation we save the rarest of the rare. From giant weta fungus to the little known fuzzweed moth - we really do love you, even if you're ugly.
By adopting a little known creature in danger of extinction, your donation will go towards helping our most endangered taonga survive.
When you adopt a species, you will receive an official adoption certificate and link to the factsheet about your species from the Endangered Species Foundation.
Gift a Shag
You can get a shag for yourself or gift it to a friend. Everyone who gets a shag will receive an official adoption certificate for the critically endangered Chatham Shag, and a factsheet about this wonderful bird.
To adopt a shag, please click below to make a donation. You will receive your receipt automatically and after this, we will email you your adoption certificate and link to the factsheet and more information about this precious, endangered bird.
Adopt a Stream!
Our new project "Drains are Streams," is dedicated to restoring waterways. By adopting a stream and improving stormwater management, we can safeguard our precious biodiversity like endangered freshwater fish and tuna, long-fin eel.
In 2017, 76 percent of our native freshwater fish were either threatened with or at risk of extinction. Your Adopt a Stream pack includes:
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Information on how to adopt a stream and why we need to restore the health of our waterways
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Metal signage of an endangered tuna (longfin eel) or kōanga (native fish) made of scrap steel, with drill and screws
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Education material about endangered freshwater fish
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