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Adopt a Pangolin from the UK

Symbolic pangolin adoption for UK supporters: explore the appeal purpose, giving options, digital acknowledgement and WARN’s grant status.

By WARN Research & Conservation TeamLast updated

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A Sunda pangolin moving along a thin branch among green leaves in North Sumatra, Indonesia.

In brief

You can adopt a pangolin symbolically with WARN from £5 a month (about 16p a day) or with a one-off gift. Your donation supports WARN’s pangolin appeal, and you receive a personalised digital certificate that can name a gift recipient. It is symbolic: no individual animal is assigned to you.

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Pangolin species
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CITES listed
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Supporter route

Guide 1

What Pangolin Adoption from the UK Actually Means

Pangolin adoption through WARN is a donation with an adoption-themed acknowledgement. It does not transfer ownership of a wild animal or purchase exclusive care. Read the linked appeal for its proposed purpose and geographic scope before choosing a gift.

The suggested monthly amounts help you decide on an affordable contribution. They are not verified costs for a meal, a rescue or a release. A donor should be able to understand the recipient, activity and costs of an eventual grant from published records.

Guide 2

How to Adopt from £5/Month

Visit adopt a pangolin, choose monthly or one-off, pay in GBP.

Guide 3

Why Adoption Is Not Individual Animal Ownership

Pangolins are specialist wild animals needing quiet rehabilitation — not pets with donor naming rights.

Guide 4

Trafficking and Seizure Response

Live pangolins seized at ports need immediate triage. Adoption income helps partners maintain quarantine capacity — see what happens to seized pangolins.

Guide 5

Malaysia and Indonesia Programmes

Primary Sunda pangolin rescue countries. See pangolin rescue malaysia.

Guide 6

Adoption Versus Direct Appeal Donation

Both fund the same programme. Adoption provides a species certificate.

Guide 7

Gift Pangolin Adoption for UK Occasions

Checkout at adopt a pangolin, email WARN for a certificate.

Guide 8

Gift Aid Transparency

Legal identity: registration status. Compare sponsor a pangolin.

Explore Related Rescue Work

Wildlife guide

Pangolin

Pangolins are the world's most heavily trafficked wild mammals; all eight species are threatened by illegal trade in their keratin scales, used in traditional medicine across Asia, with the Chinese and Sunda pangolins now Critically Endangered.

Country programme

Indonesia

Indonesia’s forests, islands and coasts support remarkable wildlife, including all three orangutan species. Animal welfare and conservation needs differ between Kalimantan, Sumatra and the wider archipelago.

Country programme

Malaysia

Animal welfare in Malaysia spans Peninsular forests, Sabah and Sarawak on Borneo, and marine habitats. Place and species matter when assessing a conservation need or deciding who can help.

Country programme

Pakistan

Pakistan has distinct animal welfare needs in cities, working-animal communities and wildlife habitats. Karachi street dogs are the focus of a WARN appeal; a country guide is not evidence of an operating WARN clinic.

Source Notes

WARN uses named intergovernmental, conservation and animal-welfare sources for numeric claims. These notes summarise the source basis for this page.

CITES

Commercial international trade prohibited for all pangolins.

WARN pangolin appeal

Programme at pangolin appeal.

WARN adopt pangolin

Adoption at adopt a pangolin.

Adopt a Pangolin from the UK: Frequently Asked Questions

Can I adopt a pangolin from the UK?
Yes — symbolic adoption from £5/month at adopt a pangolin.
Do I get to pick the pangolin?
No. Adoption supports the whole rescue programme.
Is pangolin adoption Gift Aid eligible?
No. WARN is a registered global not-for-profit and cannot claim Gift Aid
Can I adopt as a gift?
Yes — adopt at adopt a pangolin and email info@worldanimalrescuenetwork.org for a certificate.
Can I visit my adopted pangolin?
No. Adoption funds field work, not visits.
Why are pangolins trafficked?
For scales and meat — all eight species are CITES Appendix I.
Can I cancel monthly pangolin adoption?
Use manage for help with future monthly payments, or email info@worldanimalrescuenetwork.org. If you independently arranged a standing order, manage it with your bank. Card subscriptions are managed separately from standing orders.
Can rescued pangolins be released?
Yes, when healthy and able to forage naturally.
How can I check whether WARN has paid a grant?
Read /about/where-your-money-goes/#grant-register for published recipient, approval and payment records. A reconciled financial summary and individual grant records have not yet been published here. This is a reporting status, not a statement that income, expenditure or grants are zero. Contact WARN for information about your gift.

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