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Koko's WishList (Last updated 7/4/2009)
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Koko, Ndume and the Gorilla Foundation Staff have great need of the following items.
If you can help, please email us at

                 wish_list@koko.org

let us know what you would like to send, and we will let you know if it's still needed and provide you with the best mailing address. Thank you!
Koko's TOP 3 Wishes
1 A baby
2. To move to the new Preserve
3. For people to save gorillas


1) Trader Joe's Gift Certificates: (Email Us)
    For speciality foods for Koko and Ndume.


2) Amazon.com Gift Certificates: (Email Us)
    For books and DVDs for the gorillas

3) Specific DVD movies for Koko: (Email Us)
Any PBS documentary on great apes
Cousins (series of 3 DVDs on great apes)
Good Boy
Nutcracker Ballet (recent PBS version)
Wisdom of the Wild (NATURE DVD)

4) Gorilla-proof Enrichment Objects: (Email Us)
Sanctuary Supply Items (Available at: www.sanctuarysupplies.com)
   
 — Feeder Cube (Please special order 2.5 inch holes. The standard hole size is NOT SAFE for our gorillas.)
    — Feeder Tire (Please special order 2.5 inch holes. The standard hole size is NOT SAFE for our gorillas.)
    — Feeder Ball in assorted colors and sizes. (
        (Please special order 2.5 inch holes.
The standard hole size is NOT SAFE for our gorillas.)
    
Safari Ball 30 inches in Green, Tan or White.

Calico Critters (Available online at amazon.com)
    
Enrichment items for Koko; she'd probably love all of them, but here are some suggestions:
monkeys
Mango Monkeys
dogs
Beagle Dog Family
sheep
Lambrook Sheep Family
bears
Slydale Fox Family
squirrels
Furbanks Squirrel Family
pandas
Wilder Panda Family


"Boomer Ball" Items
(Available online at www.boomerball.com)
    
31 inch Planet Balls in assorted colors
    — Large Bobbins in 5 different colors:
(click to view or purchase for TGF)
          NOTE:
BoomerBall will give you a 10% discount if you enter "for Gorilla Foundation" in their Comments field
.

Bobbins
Bobbins make great holiday enrichment
gifts for gorillas (as well as bears).


Green Bags to help keep fruits and vegetables fresh in the gorillas' kitchen
     
www.greenbags.com

Non-Toxic Children's Paint

  
  
to decorate items in the gorillas' outdoor habitat.

Sturdy Washable Ribbon Material (various lengths/colors)
   
 with Velcro squares stitched to the ends to become fasteners for gorilla enrichment objects.

Laundry Baskets (new plastic ones for gorilla laundry)

Colanders (
for gorilla food preparation)


5) Video Surveilance Equipment / Expertise: (Email Us)
Needed for internal monitoring of the gorillas, for video-conferencing with colleagues, and for occasional web-casting (eg, internet videoconferencing between different language-using great apes, such as Koko and Chantek (an orangutan who uses sign language).

6) Human Office Equipment:

Laser Scanner (Email Us)
     Needed to scan
valuable research documents.

PC Laptop Computers (2 newish models) (Email Us)
     Needed for new advanced data collection procedures and medical diagnostics

Mac Intel Laptop Computers (2 newish models) (Email Us)
     Needed
for giving multimedia Koko/Conservation presentations to local schools and other audiences.

7) Copies of Out-of-Print TGF Books/Journals: (Email Us)
     • October 1978 issue of National Geographic Magazine
     
• January 1985 issue of National Geographic Magazine
     • The Education of Koko, by Francine Patterson and Eugene Linden

8) Office Space: (Email Us)
1000-1500 square feet in or near Redwood City, CA

9) Storage Space: (Email Us)
1500-1000 square feet in/near Redwood City, CA

10)
Airline Miles: (Email Us)
For our Care, Research and Conservation program travels.

11) Volunteer Executive Personal Assistant:
(Email Us)
For Dr. Penny Patterson, President & Research Director

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