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Imagine…

An ice cap without penguins…

A rainforest without orang-utans…

A savannah without elephants…

Support Our Mission to Help Halt Species Decline

Paignton Zoo is part of Wild Planet Trust, a charity which makes a global impact by supporting conservation efforts both at home and internationally. By making a donation, you will be helping to support our vital conservation work. Whether you donate a little or a lot, you will be making a real difference to our work.


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Donate online

We’ve partnered with our friends at JustGiving to make sure that every penny you donate comes straight back to us. Giving Checkout is a secure, free way for charities to receive donations from supporters.

You can donate using credit/debit cards as well as ApplePay, GooglePay and more.

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Donate By Card, Cash or Cheque

It’s easy to donate on your next visit to Paignton Zoo! Simply speak to one of our teams in the entrance or in our shop, who can help you to donate either by cash, card or cheque.

If you live further away, you can also post a cheque for your donation to Paignton Zoo, or contact us and we can send you details to make a bank transfer

Please make all cheques out to ‘South West Environmental Parks Ltd’

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Support our Campaigns

We’re currently campaigning to Bring Back the Swamp here at Paignton Zoo, but we need your help!

With your help we can reopen the doors to this once hugely popular exhibition. Donate today and help us reach our £15,000 target

Click Here to Donate Now!

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Buy Our Animals a Gift!

Do you love the animals here at Paignton Zoo?

Enrichment is a hugely important component of the care we provide to our animals, and involves using tools and activities to physically and mentally stimulate our animals, encouraging natural behaviours similar to that in their wild habitat. Our keepers have chosen a brilliant selection of enrichment items that are available for you to donate by buying them from our Amazon Wishlist

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Make Your Money Go Further

If you’re donating to Paignton Zoo and you’re a UK taxpayer, we may be able to claim an additional 25% of the value of your donation from the government, at absolutely no cost to you.

Let our team know if you’d like to become a Gift Aid Donor

What could my donation achieve?

Use our clever tool below to see just what your donation could do to support Paignton Zoo

Legacies & wills

Animals and plants are disappearing from the Earth at an alarming rate. At the present rate of extinction, over 10,000 species could disappear by the year 2050, FOREVER.

We work to prevent the extinction of threatened species both in the UK and overseas. Our conservation projects aim to save animals and plants in the wild and we are also involved in co-ordinated breeding programmes. 

Over the years, we have been fortunate to receive some wonderful gifts. Gifts in wills and donations help us to save species from extinction. Marie Le Fevre’s gift of £½ million helped us to build our Ape Centre home to Critically Endangered orang-utans and Western lowland gorillas. An anonymous donor gave us £36,000 that is helping in the breeding of threatened giraffes. We are also very grateful to receive smaller donations which enable us to plant new trees, buy new machinery and provide play items for animals and children alike. 

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Gifts of any size make a real difference to our vital conservation and education work we do, so join us today. Together we can make a difference.

“I would like to leave Paignton Zoo a gift in my will – what should I do?”

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Read our ‘Making a Will’ guide by clicking the button below:


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It’s vital to include our full name. Please specify that you are leaving a gift to:

  • Wild Planet Trust – registered charity number 306622 
  • Paignton Zoo – registered charity number 300923 
  • Newquay Zoo – registered charity number 300923 

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Make the most of your gift. A gift of a percentage of your estate (a residuary gift) will make the biggest difference to us; however, you may choose to leave us a gift of a fixed sum of money (a pecuniary gift).


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Please let us know. Telling us about your gift will enable us to plan for the future as it gives us a rough idea of how much we can commit to our vital work. This is not a binding commitment, and anything you tell us is completely private and confidential.  


If you have any questions, or would like to discuss your gift, please contact us: 

Fundraising Department, Wild Planet Trust, Totnes Road, Paignton, Devon TQ4 7EU
Telephone: 01803 697500
Email: [email protected]