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All you have to do is:
1. Select an animal you would like to sponsor. List of all available animals.
2. Fill out a sponsorship form online, mail in a sponsorship form, or phone in your order to 952.431.9447 or 1.800.366.7811 extension 447.

For more information or to sponsor an animal, please contact Shannon Rhatigan: phone: 952.431.9447
E-mail: Shannon.Rhatigan@mnzoo.org

Promotional Animals
Amur Leopard
Amur Tiger
Black-tailed Prairie Dog
Bottlenose Dolphin
Brown Bear
Moose
Red Panda
Sea Otter
Whitetip Reef Shark

The Minnesota Zoo’s sea otters, discovered as orphaned pups off the coast of Alaska, made their public debut with the opening of Russia’s Grizzly Coast in June. Help welcome them to their new home with a sea otter sponsorship!

Sea otters have the densest fur of any animal on earth, which is how they stay warm in frigid ocean waters (most ocean mammals use blubber instead). But their amazing fur also has been a handicap—their pelts were prized by fur traders, and their reliance on clean fur makes them especially vulnerable to oil spills. At one time, there were as many as 300,000 sea otters, but hunting reduced the population to 2,000 in the early 1900s. Today scientists believe the wild population has rebounded to about 100,000.

Your $50 sponsorship includes:

• Your choice of an adorable plush sea otter OR the book Lootas, Little Wave Eater: An Orphaned Sea Otter’s Story by Clare Hodgson Meeker (while supplies last).
• An animal sponsorship certificate.
• A sea otter trading card with a photo and fun facts.
• The satisfaction of knowing you are making a difference at the Minnesota Zoo.

Your $100 sponsorship also includes:

• Homes That They Share by Dawn Tanner, Nancy Leasman, and Jim Perry.

Your $250 sponsorship also includes:

• A personalized plaque with a sea otter photo.

Make your sponsorship donation online, or for more information call 952.431.9216 or 1.800.366.7811 ext.216 or email Shannon at Shannon.Rhatigan@mnzoo.org

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