Anyone looking for the perfect gift for the animal lover in their life can now help them adopt an animal.

This Christmas, the Dorset Wildlife Trust is offering red squirrel, seahorse, and barn owl adoptions.
The organisation says adopting an animal is the perfect choice for an environmentally-friendly Christmas.
Exclusive adoptions include a digital adoption certificate and a selection of fascinating facts about the chosen animal. And 100% of the adoption fee goes into vital work protecting species and their habitats in Dorset.
For example, there are only around 200 red squirrels currently living on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour.
Funds from these adoptions will contribute towards maintaining their habitat on the island, while proceeds from barn owl adoptions will contribute to conservation work on nature reserves including Lorton Meadows, in Weymouth, where a popular barn owl webcam has kept track of barn owls nesting, breeding, and fledging for several years.

Meanwhile, proceeds from seahorse adoptions will support the incredible work of the Dorset Marine Conservation Fund to help safeguard our beautiful coastlines and the marine wildlife that lives there.

Imogen Davenport, Dorset Wildlife Trust’s conservation director, said: “I can’t think of a better gift than protecting Dorset’s wildlife this Christmas.
“Proceeds from email adoption sales go directly into the trust’s hard work across the county, maintaining and protecting habitats for these iconic species in Dorset.
“This work is especially important as the UK has become one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world.
“To tackle the ecological and climate crises we face, we must come together, and adoptions provide a great way to do this by sharing a love of wildlife with family and friends.”
Find out more about how adoptions help wildlife, and choose your gift, at dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/adoptions.