This Christmas, serve up something truly special - a festive feast for the animals at Whipsnade and London Zoos, and a lifeline for wildlife in the wild.
Choose a starter, main, dessert, full three-course meal or a family feast and share the festive cheer!
By donating the cost of a festive dinner, you can provide nourishing meals for our zoo residents while supporting ZSL's global conservation work, helping protect endangered species around the world.
This year, your gift goes twice as far: every donation will be matched by a generous supporter*, so one meal becomes two!
As a thank you for your donation, we'll send you a printable festive dinner certificate that you can keep or share as a gift with a loved one for Christmas. It'll arrive in your inbox straight away after you donate.
Give an extra-generous helping and feed a family
£100
Bring joy to some of our smaller residents! Your donation could treat a group of curious meerkats, playful lemurs or colourful birds to their favourite snacks and enrichment.
Donate £100£250
Help us care for penguins, zebras or wild dogs over the holidays. Your donation could support nutritious meals and winter care to help incredible animals thrive.
Donate £250£500
Go above and beyond for our larger animals. With your generous gift, we could provide a hearty feast for our troop of gorillas, pride of lions or crash of rhinos.
Donate £500Choose your amount
As a charity, we depend on the generosity of supporters like you. Every contribution, of whatever size, really means the world to us.
Choose your donation
What's on the menu?
Penguins
- A starter of the finest calamari.
- A fresh fishy feast of sprats, mackerel and sardines for main course.
- Crunchy crustaceans for dessert.
Rhinos
- Mixed grasses and leaves to start.
- Cabbage with shrub and tree branches for main course.
- A fresh fruit salad for dessert.
Meerkats
- Crunchy locusts to start.
- A main course of crickets and high protein mealworms with veg on the side.
- A nutritious mix of fruit for dessert.
Otters
- Crunchy crustaceans to start.
- A fish medley for main course.
- Scrumptious molluscs for dessert!
Lemurs
- A sweet starter of grapes, apples and bananas.
- Leafy greens, carrots and sweet potatoes for the main course.
- Special lemur biscuits for dessert.
Thank you for supporting animals!
Every donation, big or small, helps us to care for the animals at Whipsnade and London Zoos and protect endangered wildlife around the world.
Thank you, and Merry Christmas from all of us - furry, feathered, and scaly alike!
*Donations to our Festive Dinners appeal will be doubled by a generous donor up to a total of £10,000.