The generous contributors to the Adopt an Animal program play a pivotal role in ensuring the welfare of our animals year-round at the Columbus Zoo.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to the dedicated animal advocates who have participated in the Adopt an Animal program at the $100 tier or beyond. Your support greatly contributes to the enrichment, sustenance, and conservation of creatures hailing from every corner of the world!

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October 2024

Dennis Foreman

Felicia Franco-Feinberg

Drusilla Qualman

Sue Rieches

Nancy Szymanski

Lori Talbert

Heather Yunker

September 2024

John Adkins

Atlanta Kiwi Club

Daniel Boyer

Michael Brown

Joyce Dauterman

Bonnie Figel

Mary Getter

Heather Giles

Amy Gill

Krista Hyme

Connie Loy

Frederick Mann

Amy Martin

Andrea Martin

Jolene Mastnick

Matt McCarty

Betsy and Chase Merriman

Jacob Miranti

Kris Nylaan

Kim Paulus

Karli Pedersen

Helen Pestel

Joni and Mark Pierce

Colleen and Jonathan Ralph

Bryan Sfara

Nicole Spradlin

Jennifer Stotts

Laurie Waldon

Kelly Walker

Steven Zoldak

August 2024

Dianna Ball

Shirley Cochran

Kristen Hyberg

Heather Rogers

Lyn Seiple

Terrie Stolte

Mary and Bob Wilson

July 2024

Kathryn Bennett and Mark Rechsteiner

Shirley Cochran

Kane Elkins

Chris and Dave Enright

Aprill Hanna

Jennifer and Daniel Hehmeyer

Margaret Hibbs

Debra Hill

Natsuo Kamotani

Sarah and Nathan Krieg

Mallory Lay

Jennifer Lindley

Emily Morton

Old Stone Presbyterian Church

Toby Paquet

Sanjay Potdar

Courtney Scott

Carol Vaughn

Beth and Phillip Wotawa

June 2024

James Champlin

Elizabeth Clark 

Lauren Cox 

Michael Disko 

Christine Edwards 

Kelley Fisher 

Jon Fout 

Karen Freeman 

Laurie Gillaugh 

Jude Glover 

Jeannie and Larry Hall 

Johanna and Bob Hodanbosi 

Sharonlee Johnson 

Debi and Andrew McDonald 

Sandra and Robert Nye 

Brad Ostroff 

Tammy Parker 

Paulette Penzes 

Karen Lucas and Terry Pescosolido 

Jessica Phlipot 

Julie Reimers 

Greg Rowlands 

Lewis R. Smoot and Benita Jackson-Smoot 

Peter Splawnyk 

Max Traven 

Sarah Webb 

Jodi White 

Zach Zasadzinski 

Kailynn Zook 

May 2024

Sandy Arnold

Keirsten Ashcraft

Brian Aurand

Abby Bougher

Shirley Cochran

Griffin Coldiron

Charles Ducy

Jane and Mike Endres

Kat Flick

Evan Garrett

Yolanda Henderson

Dale Hesser

Kayla Hylton

Kris Ingram

Carolyn Jacob

Stephanie Jandik

Tara Jauregui

Stephanie and Christopher Johnson

Jillian Lacasse

Nancy and Tom Massman

Dana Matunas

Kirk Munoz

Brad Ostroff

Jaime Peightel

Paulette Penzes

Colleen and Jonathan Ralph

Dennis Reynolds

Charlene Root

Terrie Stolte

Karen and Jim Turner

Catheryn Whitmore

CS Wurzberger

Amy Zahniser

April 2024

Emily Albright

Christa Andrews

Rhonda Baker

Maria Callahan

Jane and Jim Cirigliano

Michelle Clemens

Shirley Cochran

Rhonda Comer

Tina DeMarco

Linda Dunn

Barbara Fink

Mark Golitz

Amber Gray

Cathy and Alan Gunnlaugsson

Becky Hinchman

Christine Hofmeister

Barb and John Hykes

Cat Ingram

Janet Jamison

Barbara Johnson

Courtney Junk

Sharon Jurawitz

Marybeth Kiser

Rebecca Kurlander

Kristin Lambett

Peggy Leckrone

Brittany Luinski

Randi Lyle

Stephanie Magee

Amanda and Jeremy Mathis

Sandra and John McKinley

Alicia and Stephen Miller

Ashley Morrow

John Nelson

Russell Newhouse

Barbara Pendleton

Deana Perdue

Neal Rachel

Vickie and Steven Robey

Jacqueline Silverman

Jennifer Sowash

Jency Thoma

Julie Thornton

M K Van Tilburg

Jan Wiewiora

Jill and Lawrence Wilker

Kristi Willis

March 2024

Nancy Bloomer

Mary Chady

Shirley Cochran

Ashley Donnelly

Carrie Emmons

Susan Fagan

Diane Garland

Sarah Glines

Michael Griffith

Melissa Hackett

Vincent Jackson

Darren Jacobs

Sarah Jones

Ted Klick

Christopher Kopp

Patricia Miller

Alicia and Stephen Miller

Liz Rapp

Vickie and Steven Robey

Sara and Michael Rush

February 2024

Brenda and David Baldinger

Nancy Baucke

Mary Brown

Shirley Cochran

Cari Dean

Kelsey Douthitt

East Elementary School

Eileen S. Forrester

Mary Getter

Krista Hyme

Paula Janson

Bob Koblentz

Nancy and Nick McGuire

Sharon Miller

Alicia and Stephen Miller

Sherry Moore

Sandra and Robert Nye

Taylor Piel

Cynthia Remaley

Barbara and David Smith

Rachel Williams

Shawna Windle

January 2024

Robin Bidwell
Jennifer Boedecker
Weldon Ihrig
Brad Myers and Stephen Rowlands
Jessica and James O'Donnell
Jackie Piper
Mary Richards
Christine Stuck
Paula and Steve Thomerson
Karen and Jim Turner
Judith and Barney Wolf

December 2023

Emily Albright
Jason Allerding
Greg and Tina Bartram
Allan Baur
Adam Bausch and Beth Jones
Cathy and Andy Bell
Sharon and Ted Bernert
Tamara Bieler
Jennifer Bishop
Kim and Greg Boone
Elizabeth Brashears
Terri and David Brown
Terri Bruckner
Laurie Buczek
Sally Bundesen
Jenny Burke
Karla and Bill Calhoon
Cheryl Chapekis
Laurie Chase
Molly Chillinsky
Jane and James Cirigliano
Carol and Dale Claes
Ingrid and Bob Coutts
Dorothy Crain
Mona Deringer
Laura Beardsley and Damian Desch
Kathy Doud
Amber and Steven Driver
Linda Dunn
Jennifer Dwyer
Carolyn Eisele
Geoffrey Elliott
Jane and Mike Endres
Nancy Evans
Rhett Everett
Melissa Finley
Dana Fischio
Kelley Fisher
Eileen S. Forrester
Genna Freed
Judith Freed
Karen Freeman
Shelby Furer
E. Ann Gabriel
Brenna Gardner
Fran Gawlinski
Becky and Bill Gegas
Salon Gegel
Mary Getter
Catherine and Ken Gilbert
Laurie Gillaugh
Barbara Goist
Jo Marie and John Gonos
Melissa Greenwald
Gale and John Grey
Sara Grieshop
Trisha Hale
Thomas Haley-Hermiz
Jennifer L. Hall
Hannah Harris
Heather Hart
Michael Henry
Irene Levine and Lee Hess
Margaret Hibbs
Sharon and Steve Hinshaw
Suzanne and Verlin Horn
Barb and John Hykes
Kris Ingram
Rosemary Ireson
Connie Irwin
Lynn Kear-Noe and Robert Noe
Thomas Kiehl
Laura and Bruce Kinsley
Karen and Robert Knarr
Nicole Knight
Jacqueline and Jacqueline Kon
Elizabeth and Jared Leonard
Jessica Looman
Emily Luich
Richard Lyndes
Francis Lytle
Summer MacAdam-King
Deborah and Michael Manley
Frederick Mann
Cheryl May
Michelle McKenzie
Katie Medwid
Cindy Meeks
Erin Meiman
Terry and Thomas Mill
Jodi Miller
Jane and Paul Morton
Judy and Craig Mosier
Joseph O'Riordan
Kathy Owsiany
Courtney Paton
Wendy Patten
Elizabeth Reimund
Jeffrey Rimko
Vickie and Steven Robey
Judith Rollenhagen
David Romanowski
Linda and Bill Rothman
Christine Sapp
Pauline and Paul Saternow
Debbie Scheunemann
Lynne Dickerson and Michael Schroeder
Mary Anne and Jeff Sidebotham
Terri and James Siebert
Terry Sippel
Jane Smith
Nancy Smith
John Sneeden
Jennifer Sowash
Carol Steele
Kathleen and Douglas Stone
Joann and Dury Sudduth
DiAnne and Mike Tanner
The Kiwi Club- O'Hare
Nancy and Barry Tiemeier
Karen and Drew Titone
Nancy and Ray Traub
Patricia Trott
Karen and Jim Turner
Douglas Viggiano
Jane Walsh
Eleanor Weaver
Brian Wessels
Sara and W. Philip White
Ann Whitlatch and Cynthia Gilman
Patty and John Wiechel
Kim Williams
Derek Wilson
Nicole Wilson
Yaofu Zhang
Thomas Ziegler

November 2023

Luis Alicea
Roy Apseloff
Lee Arbuckle
Vanessa and George Arnold
Atlanta Kiwi Club
William Bates
Nancy Baucke
Pat Best
Jennifer Betta
Amy and Daniel Birtcher
Elaine Bletz
Lynnette Bolam
Elizabeth Bonachea
Dan Boyer
Katie Braun
Connie Bunting
Miranda and Joseph Burke
Linda Butler
Joan Campbell and Benson Branch
Sarah Carter
Connie Chan
Jane and James Cirigliano
Shirley Cochran
Caroline Cockrell
Patti Cummins
Jennifer Dally
Karla Davis
Linda Dunn
Carla and Tom  Eisenloffel
Caroline Evener
Cheryl and Jim Fergus
Dana Fischio
Hayley Flowers-Kreps
Diane Garland
Shawn Gelsinger
Mary Getter
Sally Gillespie
Sarah Glines
Lance Green
Robert Hambrick
Pam and Steve Hancock
Nicholas Hardin
Marti Harris
Dakota Heinkel
Nicolette Howells
Lori and Charles Hoy
Judy and Butch Hunt
Justin Hykes
Krista Hyme
Sharonlee Johnson
Rhonda Jones
Natsuo Kamotani
Maverick Kerr
Cindy and Skip Kipker
Judy Klobutcher
Christopher Kopp
Peggy and Jerry Kuntzman
Dale and Tammy Little
Chris Logan
Connie Loy
Amy Martin
Lauren Mazur
Linda McGarry
Susan McGarvey
Nancy and Nick McGuire
Hannah and Bradley Merchant
Robert Musgrave
Alexandra Neel
John Nelson
Dorian and Dave Norstrom
Doris and Ken Northeimer
Kris Nylaan
Brad Ostroff
Patty and Randy Owens
Jeremiah Parsons
Helen Pestel
Joni and Mark Pierce
Jodi and Ronald Pilatowski
Colleen and Jonathan Ralph
Stephanie Reid
Gina Ricker
Leslie Rousseau
Vickie Sampsel
Emily Schumacher
Meredith Searcy
Emma Serfass
Nancy Szymanski
Charlene and Stephen Tancos
Kathy Trabue
Ms. Ronni Van Ligten
David P. Wagner
Hannah Weaver
Brandi and Brian Weibel
Mary and Bob Wilson
Syndi Zimmerman
Steven Zoldak