Adopt a Pangolin

A white-bellied pangolin curls around a tree branch, displaying its overlapping brown scales and long claws.

You can help conserve white-bellied pangolins

White-bellied pangolins are an endangered species. Sadly, these unique creatures are the most trafficked mammals on the planet due to demand for their scales.

That's why Brookfield Zoo Chicago and other organizations have come together to the North American Pangolin Consortium to learn more about pangolins and help protect them for the future.

You can also play a part in helping pangolins by adopting a white-bellied pangolin.

Status in the wild:

Endangered

A white-bellied pangolin climbing a tree branch, displaying its overlapping brown scales and long claws.

Did you know that white-bellied pangolins are covered in protective scales made from keratin, just like our fingernails and rhino horns?

Interested in adopting a pangolin? Online purchasing for adopts will be rolled out soon!

In the meantime, please call 708-688-8341 from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. to symbolically adopt.

Personalized Certificate of Adoption
5” x 7” color photograph
Animal species fact sheet
Animal Adoption program window decal

Personalized Certificate of Adoption
5” x 7” color photograph
Animal species fact sheet
Animal Adoption program magnet
Animal Adoption program window decal

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