Thank you to everyone who donated the cost of a festive dinner in 2025.
You helped us to serve up something truly special - a festive feast for the animals at London and Whipsnade Zoo, and a lifeline for species in the wild.
Our Christmas campaign will be returning in 2026 where you'll have the chance to choose a starter, main, dessert, a full three-course meal or a family feast and share the festive cheer!
In the meantime, you can still make a donation towards our vital conservation work, or find other ways to support us.
As a thank you for your donation, we sent you a printable festive dinner certificate to keep or share as a gift with a loved one for Christmas.
Your donation was doubled*!
By donating the cost of a festive dinner in 2025, you provided nourishing meals for our zoo residents while supporting ZSL's global conservation work, protecting endangered species around the world. And, your gift went twice as far: every donation was matched by a generous supporter*, so one meal became two!
Could you support us again in 2026?
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 a group of 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?
Gorillas
- A very green starter of kale and spinach.
- The ultimate salad for main! Peppers, sweet potato, carrots, cucumber, broccoli, celery and lettuce.
- An equally diverse fruit salad for dessert.
Lions
- A tasty chicken starter.
- A meat platter of beef, kidney and liver for main course.
- Some succulent bones to gnaw for dessert!
Penguins
- A starter of the finest calamari.
- A fresh fishy feast of sprats, mackerel and sardines for main course.
- Crunchy crustaceans 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.
Red river hogs
- Corn to start.
- Tasty fish and rice for main.
- An unusual dessert made up of carrots, swede and beetroot.
Squirrel monkeys
- Popcorn, seeds and nuts for starters.
- Boiled egg with steamed courgette, root veg, fennel, pepper and mushroom with a side of leafy greens for mains.
- Soft fruit salad for dessert!
Thank you for supporting animals!
Your donations help us to care for the animals at London and Whipsnade Zoos and protect endangered wildlife around the world.
*Donations to our Festive Dinners appeal in 2025 were doubled by a generous donor up to a total of £10,000.