Guest Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 how cute are these and you get to give something tactile too! https://www.elc.co.uk/firedupkids/toy-43358 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Very cute and a great idea Maybe the BHWT could do one with cuddly chickens - I could have a whole bedroom full Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 That's cute and a good cause too! I gave my YS a year's sponsorship of cheetah triplets for his birthday this year through the Born Free Foundation. He didn't get a cuddly toy though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffie Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 You can sponsor a hen for BHWT BBx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Very cute and a great idea Maybe the BHWT could do one with cuddly chickens - I could have a whole bedroom full i was thinking exactly the same myself! I'll pm buffie, she might be able to suggest it, I think it would be a brill idea. A lot of people object to animal adoption packs because you don't get anything other than newsletters and stuff thru the post! I'll pm her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 You can sponsor a hen for BHWT BBx and a lot of people do but wouldn't this be a good way to get young children into the mindset of animal welfare? I'd love to be able to give my niece a BHWT cuddly chicken, if one existed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 my DH objects to ethical gifts, like toilets to the sudan and such or animal sponsorship because the person you give it to doesn't actually 'get' anything as such other than bits of paper with updates or thank yous. I thought this was great because not only are you helping the WWF, you actually get a gift to GIVE to the person and they look lovely and they're not too expensive either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I agree this is a great one for kids, and if there was a chicken one I'd definitely get one too... My daughters all bought themselves a wwf animal sponsorship pack a few months ago. I wanted to encourage them to spend some of their pocket money on a worthwhile cause, and, as Poet pointed, it works better if they get something in the process, the cuddly animals from the WWF packs are just gorgeous, very soft, and not too big... so now my girls sponsor a panda, a dolphin and a baby orang utang, and have a picture of the sponsored animal too. I wanted to get those for my nieces and nephew this year, but couldn't find them in the country they live in, and as they don't speak English I didn't want to send them an English pack as they wont be able to read the updates. I'll keep checking their local wwf website and maybe email them to suggest they introduce the sponsorship gift packs. I personally love ethical gifts... my mum gives me and my husband money for xmas, and I intend to buy something ethical with it, we don't need anything, and already give each other gifts anyway. That way we get some gifts and also get to do something ethical. I'm always a bit hesitant about asking for those, if people ask us what we want, cause I don't want to appear saintly (which sadly I am really not), or offend people by not wanting something directly from them... it's hard to know how people take these things. My dad sure wouldn't approve me spending his money on other people, so when I spend it on an ethical option I don't tell him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shirl Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Not ethical but Next have a gorgeous knitted chicken in the baby section at the moment and only £5. I bought it for my LO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...