Imagine if, instead of buying NFTs, those people "adopted" wild animals, zoo animals, or animals in rescue and rehabilitation and get to help great causes and conservation AND get cute photos and stuffed animals and updates about the animals they're supporting.
Imagine if all the money that went into mining cryptocurrency and buying NFTs went into general conservation efforts instead, if it was used to help our planet instead of destroy it more.
Exactly! Instead of an NFT linked to an ugly computer generated image or art stolen from someone else, you get a certificate with a photo of a polar bear and a cute stuffed polar bear to cuddle with, along with the knowledge that you're supporting efforts to protect arctic ecosystems and endangered animals :)
Everyone wins! Unlike with NFTs, where nobody wins.
Good news: World Wildlife Fund allows you to do exactly this! There’s a bunch of species to choose from and the plushies are adorable.
Majority of the big animal sanctuaries and wild life protection programs do this kind of adoption. You adopt a resident of the sanctuary/program and get photos, some goodies and news of the said animal to your email.
Here are a few:
Aussie Ark - Adopt a Tasmanian Devil, a Koala, an Easter Quoll, a Squirrel Glider or a Brush-Tailed Rock Wallaby.
https://www.aussieark.org.au/adopt/
A Whale Museum - Adopt an orca, also for classroom adoptions for children
https://whalemuseum.org/collections/adopt-an-orca
WDC - Adopt a whale-program
https://adopt-us.whales.org/
Big Cat Sanctuary - Adopt a feline like a Tiger, a Black Jaguar, a Snow Leopard etc. The list on your right has all adoptable felines.
https://thebigcatsanctuary.org/marketplace/
The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee - Adopt an Elephant
https://shop.elephants.com/product/43E6178/adopt-an-elephant
The Shark Trust - Adopt a Shark
https://www.sharktrust.org/Pages/Category/adopt
World Animal Protection - Adopt a Bear
https://www.worldanimalprotection.org.uk/get-involved/adopt-a-bear
You can find lots and lots of adoption options for a good cause just by googling “Adopt [animal]” if you wish to adopt a certain animal.
