Choose an animal
Discover their individual story and choose the rescued animal who touches your heart.
Symbolic Animal Adoptions
A special bond that changes a life
Symbolically adopt.
Help them thrive.
Choose a rescued animal from Santuario Sotto la Panca and become part of their story. Your symbolic adoption helps provide the food, veterinary treatment, safe shelter and daily care they deserve.
Your adoption and payment are completed securely on the Santuario Sotto la Panca website.
A certificate with purpose
More than a donation
A lasting connection with a rescued animal
A symbolic adoption does not mean taking an animal home. Your chosen animal continues to live safely at the sanctuary, while your support contributes to their care and gives them a protected future.
Support their care
Your contribution helps with everyday care, nutrition, safe spaces and veterinary needs.
Receive a certificate
You will receive a digital adoption certificate celebrating your special connection.
Become part of their story
Your adoption helps the sanctuary continue giving rescued animals a peaceful life.
Simple, personal and meaningful
How symbolic adoption works
Meet the rescued animals
Continue to the sanctuary’s website, read their stories and choose the animal you would like to support.
Complete your adoption
Select the available adoption option and provide the name and details requested for the certificate.
Receive your certificate
The sanctuary prepares your digital certificate, ready to keep or give to someone special.
Real help, every day
Your adoption becomes their care
Every symbolic adoption supports the work of Santuario Sotto la Panca in Sicily, where animals rescued from abandonment, neglect and exploitation can finally live safely and peacefully.
Nutritious food and daily care
Veterinary visits and treatment
Safe, species-appropriate shelter
Protection for the rest of their life
A beautiful gift for animal lovers
Give a symbolic adoption
A symbolic adoption can also be made in someone else’s name. It is a thoughtful gift for a birthday, Christmas or another special moment—and it creates tangible help for a rescued animal.
The recipient receives a personalised digital certificate, while the animal remains safely at the sanctuary under its lifelong protection.
Good to know
Frequently asked questions
Does the adopted animal come to live with me?
No. This is a symbolic adoption. The animal continues to live safely at Santuario Sotto la Panca, where they receive the specialist care and protection they need.
What does my symbolic adoption support?
Your contribution supports the sanctuary’s overall work, including food, veterinary treatment, safe habitats, maintenance and daily assistance for rescued animals.
Will I receive an adoption certificate?
Yes. You will receive a digital symbolic adoption certificate. No physical product is shipped, so it can be received from anywhere in the world.
Can I give the adoption as a gift?
Yes. The certificate can be prepared for another person, making the adoption a meaningful present for an animal lover.
Is this the same as a general charity gift certificate?
No. A general charity gift celebrates a person or occasion without being linked to one animal. A symbolic adoption creates a special connection with a specific rescued animal.
Choose compassion
Meet the animal who will steal your heart
Your symbolic adoption helps a rescued animal live safely, peacefully and surrounded by the care they deserve.
Choose your symbolic adoption
Please note: symbolic adoptions are managed by Santuario Sotto la Panca ODV. Clicking the button takes you to the sanctuary’s website, where the adoption, certificate details and payment are completed directly with the charity.