Has anyone ever done this before? my brother has his 30th Birthday coming up and I really want to adopt a lion for him for a year of care...

Anyone got any good websites I can go to that are repubtable? and even better - anyone ever done it before?

I'm currently looking at the WWF website for adoptions...

All I remember about wild animals online, is a website that allowed you to control a remote gun to hunt them down.



Anyone wants to adopt a Leo?

ArielB said:

Thanks Ariel lol... looking for serious answers please

Natisse said:

What a wonderful and unique gift

That's a great idea Nat! (hi, btw! )

A friend of mine had a Manatee adopted for her birthday. I think it's a wonderful gift.

i think it's a great gift. one year at my old job, we all had to do a secret santa gift exchange, so for my gift i asked for a donation to be made to the ASPCA in my name. the person who got my name said that when he made the donation on their web site, he was really impressed with all they did, so he made a second donation so he could be a member too. so you could say it was a gift that kept on giving, literally.

ASPCA is good, as you can be pretty comfortable with their reputation. I have used World Animal Foundation before and currently use Orangutan Outreach. Probably not the best site to adopt a lion.

you might be interested in this site.

Mars23 said:

ASPCA is the one animal welfare agency i have always trusted and respected. i like that they actually DO things for animals and for pet owners, and not just use people's donations for schlocky ad campaigns like PETA does.

thanks guys I think it's a great idea too, he's always had an affinity to Lions and he's a Leo so there could be no other choice... and he'll love the idea that he's helped out one



now to just find where to adopt one of these kings from the ASPCA is a great idea, however I'm in Australia and he's in the UK... I'll check it out though!

thanks again

Natisse said:

yeah, the ASPCA isn't going to do you a lot of good in australia or the UK, unless you're just concerned about the welfare of kitties and puppies in the states (and who shouldn't be?). i'm sure there are similar agencies you can find in your neck of the woods - just do a search for humane shelters/adoption agencies, etc.

Anxiety said:

I looked at the WWF website last night, though... US$100 to foster a lion for a year but it included a photo of the lion and all this other really awesome stuff that they would send to him

Natisse said:

You can try these guys.

http://treefrogtrading.ho...ption.html

http://shop.awf.org/adopt/

http://www.adoptwildlife....t_lion.htm

Make sure to do the due diligence and find out where the $$ will go though.

Mars23 said:

oh wow that's awesome, thank you so much!!!

ever thought of sponsoring an acre of rainforest i did it for one of my friends yesterday she thought it was great and made a nice change to the norm

check out these websites if your intrested

www.coolearth.org

www.woodlandtrust.org

I wish I could adopt a little Panda cub.

b3xy said:

that is a cool idea!

AnckSuNamun said:

they are so beautiful...