Care for a Critter at the Akron Zoo

When you ”Care for a Critter”, you help the Akron Zoo provide food, medical care, habitat maintenance and conservation programs for one year.

Purchase Care for a Critter

To purchase a Care for Critter package via mail, please send in the order form to:

Akron Zoo
500 Edgewood Ave.
Akron, OH 44307

Every sponsorship package includes:*

• A personalized certificate of sponsorship
• An animal fact sheet
• A color photo

*Please allow 3-4 weeks for package delivery. For international shipping, additional charges may apply. 

Sponsorship levels and benefits

Care for Critter Special

Rodrigues fruit bat
Limited quantities

Get a little batty this Halloween season by sponsoring our Rodrigues fruit bats, and helping provide all our bats with food, medical care and habitat maintenance! With a Bat Care for Critter, you'll get:

• A photo of Garth, one of our Rodrigues fruit bats
• A fruit bat fact sheet
• A bat plush
• An official certificate of adoption

Price: $50

Purchase Care for Critter

Pick Your Critter

*Plush toys available for featured animals only.

Featured animals include:

• African lion
• Chilean flamingo
• Galapagos tortoise
• Humboldt penguin
• Red panda 
• Ring-tailed lemur (out of stock)
• River otter
• Snow leopard
• Special Care for a Critter promotions

**All Rise and Shine Safari tours must be scheduled at least two weeks or more prior to your visit by calling 330-375-2550 ext. 7246. Each tour can accommodate a total of two guests. Tours are not available for all sponsored animals. All tour participants must be six years or older.

 For more information, contact Allyson Boyd at 330-375-2550 ext. 7277 or a.boyd@akronzoo.org.