We Generate Community Support & Fundraising For Animal Care, Education, & Conservation At
Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium.

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$100 covers annual vaccines for penguin chicks

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Illustration of a shark.

$250 feeds all our sharks for a day

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Illustration of a goat.

$500 Purchases a heavy duty enrichment toy for our goats

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Illustration of an adult penguin next to a penguin chick Illustration of a shark illustration of a polar bear. illustration of an elephant illustration of a tiger

$100 covers annual vaccines for penguin chicks

$250 feeds all our sharks for a day

$500 purchases a heavy duty enrichment toy for our polar bear

$1,000 feeds our elephant for one week

All donations help. Will you consider giving today?

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Give the Gift of the Wild!

Shop Our Holiday Adopt Special
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Includes:
A Full Size Plush
Photo
Species Fact Sheet
Adoption Certificate
2 Society Face Masks
A Surprise Mini Plush!

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Two facemasks, gift package decorative image, and a picture of the plush adoption set

What We Support

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An elephant

Animal Care

We Support the Needs of All of Our Animal Ambassadors at the Zoo & Aquarium

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Conservation

We Support Species Survival Plans, Environmental, and Conservation Initiatives

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Education

We Support Programs That Connect the Community with Nature and Animals

Ways To Give

Your contributions, whether they be financial, your time, or your influence, all directly impact the animals and their keepers at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. You are part of a movement that keeps the Zoo alive.

Connect With Us

Follow us for the cute animals and impact, but stay for the journey.

Watch us pack an Adopt-A-Species order! When you symbolically adopt an animal, your donation goes straight to animal care and enrichment (and you get an adorable plushy!). Head over to the Linktree in our bio to grab a Southern Sea Otter of your own 🦦🌊

#pointdefiancezoo #pointdefiance #pointdefiancezooandaquarium #plushies #packwithme #orderfulfillment #otter #packorderswithme

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Come watch our 8 meerkat pups develop their digging skills! We think they’re doing amazing. 

#pointdefiancezoo #pointdefiance #pointdefiancezooandaquarium #meerkats #meerkatsofinstagram #cuteanimal #animalconservation

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Happy Bird Day! Did you know puffins are pelagic, meaning they spend most of their lives on the open ocean? Makes it even more special to be able to view them at Rocky Shores! 🌊

#pointdefiancezoo #pointdefiancezooandaquarium #pointdefiance #puffin #puffinsofinstagram

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Happy Earth Day 🌎! Today we celebrate the amazing biodiversity of our beautiful planet. The Malayan tapir is a great example of the unique animals who share our world. As long as we take care of Mother Earth, she will take care of us.

#earth #earthday #pointdefiancezoo #malayantapir #zoolife #tapir #earthdayeveryday

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The "Celebrating Ume" shirt fundraising campaign far surpassed our expectations! With 401 shirts sold, $5,860 was raised to support animal care @ptdefiancezoo

Thank you so much for your support and we can't wait to see you in your Ume gear!

#malayantapir #pointdefiancezoo #pointdefiancezooandaquarium #endangeredanimals #zoolife #tacomawa

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The wait is over! Exclusive Ume merchandise is now available, and 100% of the proceeds will support animal care at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium!

Ume, the Malayan tapir born on February 2 @ptdefiancezoo is just about the most adorable thing you could imagine. Now you have the opportunity to show off her cuteness everywhere you go...AND support animal care at the same time!

Click "Celebrating Ume" on the link in our bio to get your very own exclusive merch!

#malayantapir #tapirsofinstagram #cutebabyanimals #pointdefiancezoo #tacoma #animalcare #animalshirt #zoolife #tapir

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It’s naptime @ptdefiancezoo but not everyone is ready to fall asleep.

#pointdefiancezoo #pointdefiance #pointdefiancezooandaquarium #seaotter #seaottersofinstagram #cuteanimals #cuteotters #zoolife #southernseaotter

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#jellyfish #serene #calming #pointdefiancezoo #pointdefiancezooandaquarium

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We are so lucky to see these beautiful creatures every day at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium. The critically endangered Red Wolves are one of the world’s rarest canids and the only wolf that lives exclusively in the United States. There are now about 20 Red Wolves in the wild, and about 270 at zoos and other partnering facilities participating in the American Red Wolf Saving Animals From Extinction (SAFE) program - @ptdefiancezoo being one of them.

#pointdefiancezoo #pointdefiance #redwolves #animalconservation #extinction #savinganimals #wolves #savetheanimals

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Celebrate Ume's Debut and Support Animal Care

Get your exclusive Ume merchandise now through May 30. All proceeds support animal care.