Sponsor an Animal!

Sponsoring an animal is a special and unique gift for the animal lover in your life. We offer several adoption plans for our reptiles & amphibians as well as a special sponsorship option for our birds of prey. All sponsorships are for one year.

At Woodcock, our resident animals are a key element of our programs. Most of our animals visit with hundreds of students each year and enjoy that part of their jobs!

For more information about sponsoring an animal, please email Animal Curator, Jennifer Bradshaw or call (203) 762-7280.

All 2022 Animal Sponsorship Packages must be purchased/completed by Monday, December 12th in order to receive the package before Christmas.

Meet our Resident Animals

Resident Reptile & Amphibian Sponsorships

Friend Level: $50

You receive:

Woodcock water proof sticker
4 x 6 Photo of your animal
Letter from your animal

Sponsor Level: $75

You receive:

Woodcock water proof sticker
5 x 7 Photo of your animal
Letter from your animal
Personal fact sheet
Certificate of Sponsorship

Protector Level : $150

You receive:

Woodcock water proof sticker
5 x 7 Photo of your animal
Letter from your animal
Personal fact sheet
Certificate of Sponsorship
"Meet & Greet" with your animal and his or her friends!

Hooty - Resident Bird of Prey Sponsorship

Guardian level: $500

You receive:

Woodcock water proof sticker
8 x 10 photo of your bird
Letter from Hooty
Personal fact sheet
Certificate of Sponsorship
Private, up-close encounter with Hooty

Why Sponsor?

Sponsoring an animal from WNC can be a very special and unique gift for any animal lover. When you sponsor one of our animals it helps the nature center provide the following:

Food
General maintenance and care
Veterinary care
Supplies (bedding, lighting, heat pads, etc.)

What exactly does it cost to feed our resident animals?

Owls

Rats & Mice: $1,000/yr per bird.

Reptiles & Amphibians

Veggies, fruit and shrimp: $600/yr

Crickets, feeder fish and bedding: $3,000/yr

Mice, rats and pinkies: $140/yr

Or, donate to our general animal care fund now.

Click on the image to sponsor your animal below!
(Please note that not all animals can be sponsored at this time)

All resident animal photos taken by photography enthusiast Sam Nunes.

Hooty- Great Horned Owl Sponsor Me!	Pancake- Bearded Dragon Sponsor Me!	Chubbs- African Bullfrog Sponsor Me!
Indira- Red Tail Boa Sponsor Me!	Bottle Cap & Chicken Nugget- Painted Turtles Sponsor Me!	Sprinkles- Eastern Box Turtle Sponsor Me!
Rocco- African Ball Python Sponsor Me!	Jasper- Albino Ball Python	Click- Barred Owl (Retired)
Izzy- Legless Lizard	Elma- Eastern Box Turtle	Franklin- Spotted Turtle
Van Gogh- Painted Turtle	Walter- Cane Toad	Mr. Toad- American Toad
Capone- Grey Tree Frog	Spot- Spotted Salamander