
Adopt An Animal symbolically from World Animal Foundation. Your WAF Adopt An Animal Kit comes in a Deluxe WAF Folder and includes: Glossy Photo of Your Adopted Animal; Adopt An Animal Adoption Certificate; Fact Sheet About Your Adopted Animal; Help Animals Info Cards Packed With Information On Animal Issues & How You Can Help Animals And The Environment. Adopt An Animal for Yourself or as a Gift...
Adopt A Kiwi From World Animal Foundation
Your World Animal Foundation Adopt A Kiwi Kit comes in a Deluxe WAF Folder and includes:
Adopt A Kiwi Kits make great gifts and can be sent directly to the recipient. Simply supply the recipient's name and mailing address as shipping information. We'll even include a letter stating the Adopt An Animal Kit is from you.
WAF's Adopt An Animal symbolic adoption is a one time fee and helps the World Animal Foundation to preserve the planet and protect its animals. Adopt an animal for yourself or order an Adopt An Animal Kit as a gift. Help make a difference for animals - Adopt An Animal Today!
Adopt A Kiwi: Help World Animal Foundation Make A Difference For Animals!
Kiwis are brown, fuzzy, flightless birds inhabiting the jungles and forests of New Zealand. There are five different species of kiwi, all found in New Zealand: the Brown kiwi, the Great spotted kiwi/roroa, the Little spotted kiwi, the Rowi kiwi and the Tokoeka kiwi.
Kiwis inhabit scrublands, farmland, swamps, pine forests and vegetated gullies.
The kiwi is the national bird and icon of New Zealand. Kiwis appear on many flags and symbols across the islands, and the native people of New Zealand are often also called Kiwis.
Kiwi are related to ostriches and emus. They are the smallest member of this bird family, about the size of a chicken. Like its cousins, the kiwi cannot fly due to small wings and large body weight. Kiwis act more like mammals than birds, often being referred to as “honorary mammals”.
Kiwis have unique, brown-grayish feathers that look like hair. They have cat-like claws. Kiwis also have long whiskers around their beaks. The kiwi's beak is one third the size of the kiwi's body and has external nostrils on the end.
The kiwi has poor eyesight but an excellent sense of smell. Kiwis are nocturnal birds, active at night.
Kiwis use their long beaks to forage on the forest floor. They are omnivorous birds, feeding on a variety of plants and animals. Kiwis eat worms, spiders, insects and fruit that has fallen to the forest floor. Kiwis make loud snuffling noises when they remove dirt from their nostrils.
Kiwis are often solitary animals, but some live in pairs. Female kiwis are larger than male kiwis and are usually the dominant bird.
Kiwis are nomadic birds, moving around often. They live in underground burrows dug out with their strong legs. They construct a new burrow each day to sleep in at night. Kiwis are territorial, known for their tempers when an intruder invades their area.
Kiwis mate from June through March when food is plentiful. Most mate for life. Female kiwis usually lay about 5 huge eggs per clutch. Eggs take about 3 months to hatch. Male kiwis incubate the eggs most of the time. Baby kiwis hatch fully feathered. They are ready to feed at about five days old, but are never fed by their parents. Juveniles grow slowly, and don't become adult sized until they are 3 to 5 years old.
Kiwi live up to 50 years in the wild.
THREATS TO KIWIS
The kiwi is endangered due to introduced predators – including cats, dogs, stoats, ferrets, rats and weasels – who hunt the kiwi and kiwi eggs. The biggest threat to kiwi chicks is stoats. The biggest threat to adult kiwis is dogs. Prior to the introduction of these predators, kiwis roamed New Zealand in great numbers with no natural predators.
Kiwis are also threatened by habitat loss and motor vehicle strikes, as well as small population size and distribution of some kiwi species. New bird diseases and parasites reaching New Zealand present further threats to kiwis.
Your World Animal Foundation Adopt An Animal Kit comes in a Deluxe WAF Folder and includes:
Glossy Photo Of Your Adopted Animal; Adopt An Animal Adoption Certificate; Fact Sheet About Your Adopted Animal; Help Animals Info Cards Packed With Information On Animal Issues & How You Can Help Animals And The Environment.
WAF's Adopt An Animal symbolic adoption is a one time fee and helps the World Animal Foundation to preserve the planet and protect its animals. Adopt an animal for yourself or order an Adopt An Animal Kit as a gift. Help make a difference for animals - Adopt An Animal Today!
Adopt An Animal Kits make great gifts and can be sent directly to the recipient:
Simply supply the recipient's name and mailing address as shipping information. We'll even include a letter stating the Adopt An Animal Kit is from you.
Why Adopt An Animal From World Animal Foundation?
Many of the planet’s most iconic and beloved animals are in trouble, and World Animal Foundation needs your help to save them. You can make a difference for wildlife and domestic animals by adopting an animal from World Animal Foundation for yourself, or adopting an animal as gift. Adopting an animal is the perfect gift for a loved one who loves animals, and helps to support World Animal Foundation's critical mission of preserving and protecting the planet and the animals that inhabit it.
The world is teaming with an amazing diversity of animals. Some species are beautiful, others bizarre — but they all are important to the ecosystem and deserve our respect, compassion and protection. Unfortunately, many animal species are declining at a rapid rate as a result of irresponsible human activities. Habitat destruction, pollution, hunting, poor agricultural practices and changes in climate are among the threats faced by wildlife and domestic animals. World Animal Foundation's Adopt An Animal program allows you to symbolically adopt your favorite animal species while supporting our important work of protecting wildlife, companion animals, farm animals and the environment.
Adopt An Animal contributions help provide critical financial support needed to preserve and protect some of the world's most imperiled and abused animals, and to combat the global forces that threaten wildlife, companion animals, farm animals and the planet. World Animal Foundation actively works to create lasting change by fighting the forces that devastate the environment, endanger wildlife and harm companion animals and farm animals. WAF is an all volunteer organization. The organization has no paid officers and uses all donations towards animal and environmental programs: direct rescue, educational programs and animal sanctuaries. Utilizing volunteerism, WAF has kept operating costs to a bare minimum while maximizing our ability to help animals.
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The World Animal Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and protection of the planet and the animals that inhabit it. WAF works with other not-for-profit organizations dedicated to planet preservation and animal issues. WAF works through public education, research, investigations, animal rescue, legislation, special events, and direct action.
WAF is an all volunteer organization. The organization has no paid officers and uses all donations towards animal and environmental programs: direct rescue, educational programs and animal sanctuaries. Utilizing volunteerism, WAF has kept operating costs to a bare minimum while maximizing our ability to help animals.
WAF has members throughout the world and on every continent.
Through our volunteer network, the World Animal Foundation attempts to make the world a more compassionate place for all animals - wild animals, companion animals, aquatic animals and farm animals. Through grass roots action and activism, WAF bridged the gap between animal and environmental issues.
The Foundation has directly rescued thousands of animals and supports wildlife sanctuaries throughout the US. In addition, WAF engages in Trap-Neuter-Return of feral cats, animal adoptions, low cost spay-neuter programs and numerous animal concerns campaigns.
Membership in the organization is free. Donations are always appreciated and needed to carryout our crucial mission of helping animals and the planet. Help make a difference!