Symbolic Adoption · Endangered
Adopt a Sea Turtle
Bycatch, plastic and lost nesting beaches have pushed sea turtles to the brink — only one hatchling in a thousand reaches adulthood. Your monthly adoption funds the partners who protect them.
In brief
To adopt a sea turtle symbolically, give from £5/month through WARN; your gift funds nest protection, bycatch reduction and rescue for hatchlings and injured turtles on coasts WARN partners work on.
7
Sea turtle species
Source: worldwide
~1 in 1,000
Hatchlings reach adulthood
Source: survival estimate
5
In-network coasts
Source: partner countries
Endangered
Most species
Source: IUCN Red List
What Your Adoption Funds
Monthly adoptions are pooled into WARN's Sea Turtle Programme and grant out to vetted partners along our coastal range countries.
Protect Nesting Beaches
Your adoption funds the beach patrols and protected hatcheries that guard nests from poaching, predators and tides.
Reduce Bycatch
Your adoption supports turtle-safe fishing gear and training so fewer turtles drown in nets and on longlines.
Rescue & Rehabilitation
Your adoption funds partner clinics that treat turtles injured by boats, hooks, entanglement and plastic, then return them to the sea.
What You'll Receive
- Personalised digital adoption certificate (PDF, gift-ready)
- Sea turtle species fact file and rescue story
- Quarterly email updates from the programme
- Gift receipt for your records
- Option to dedicate your adoption as a gift with recipient's name on the certificate
Adoption
Certificate
Digital · Gift-ready PDF
Choose Your Adoption Gift
Pick a tier, choose monthly or one-off, and optionally dedicate it as a gift. The maximum possible share of your adoption goes to the Sea Turtle Programme.
Cancel any time · Certificate emailed within 4 hours of payment.
Where your adoption gift goes
WARN's target is for at least 80% of unrestricted donations to fund programme delivery — grants to partner shelters, sanctuary capacity, veterinary care and rescue across the network.
- Programme funding target
- At least 80% of unrestricted donations to frontline programme delivery — grants to partner shelters, sanctuary capacity, veterinary care and rescue.
- What the rest covers
- Essential fundraising and core governance. WARN runs without fixed offices, and volunteers carry out much of the work rather than paid staff.
- Who delivers the work
- Vetted in-country partner organisations. WARN funds and monitors; it does not run its own shelters. How partners are selected.
- Legal status
- World Animal Rescue Network CIC is a Community Interest Company — not a registered charity, and not Gift Aid eligible. Registration status.
WARN is a registered UK Community Interest Company (Company no. 17298990) and is not a charity, so it cannot claim Gift Aid. The donation case is transparent partner-led welfare where support reaches practical field needs.
Figures are illustrative of partner-led costs and are not a guarantee of how any single gift is spent.
Full breakdown: where your money goes →