Gibbon Conservation Center
A nonprofit center for the study, preservation, and propagation of highly endangered species

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Would you like to help GCC in our mission to save the gibbons?  A small donation is a huge helping hand.  Help us save an endangered species.  Several gibbon species are on the brink of extinction.  We need your help to ensure the survival of these magnificent creatures.

Donations may be sent payable to GCC to:

Gibbon Conservation Center
PO Box 800249
Santa Clarita, CA 91380 USA

You may donate, without fees, through PayPal by clicking here:

If you are not already a PayPal member, you can sign up free.  100% of all proceeds from this site, as always, go directly toward supporting the gibbons. Your contribution is tax deductible as provided by law.  Our Federal Tax Exempt number is 95-4256306.  GCC is a 501(c)(3) charity. Thank you for any amount you choose to send! 
Any questions?  Write to us at
gibboncenter@earthlink.net

photo by A. Mootnick

Nomascus l. leucogenys


URGENT PLEA TO OUR FRIENDS AND SUPPORTERS:


Alan Mootnick by Bryan Kneiding of The Signal

The Gibbon Conservation Center needs to begin collecting funds now to purchase property in order to relocate. Encroaching local development will soon become a very real threat to the health and well-being of our gibbons. Stress from the sight and noise of construction, and microorganisms in the dust stirred up in earth moving, pose unacceptable and lethal dangers.

Such a move will be, by far, the greatest and most difficult undertaking GCC has ever faced. While maintaining the facility in its present location, we must find the additional funds to purchase property, obtain permits, build enclosures, offices and living space for the director and staff, then move the entire contents of the current facility. Most importantly, the safety and health of the gibbons during the move must be carefully planned for and assured. This move will take at least a year and a half, but we must begin immediately.

Our most urgent need is for at least 20 usable acres (or the funds to buy) in Los Angeles, Ventura, San Luis Obispo or Monterey County, or other mild climate more suitable for the gibbons.

Can you help with a donation of land or any amount of money to help purchase it? All contributions are tax deductible. Please write us at PO Box 800249, Santa Clarita, CA 91380, call 661-296-2737, or email
gibboncenter@earthlink.net. Thank you!
 


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All donations go directly and entirely to the benefit of the gibbons.
 

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  • $10      Will supply vitamins for 1 gibbon for 6 months

  • $25      Feeds 3 gibbons for 3 days

  • $50*    Feeds 18 gibbons for 1 day

  • $80      Feeds one gibbon for one month 

  • $100    Buys 4 gibbons 30 days of nutritional supplements

  • $250    Provides food for our gibbons for 3 days

  • $500    Feeds 1 gibbon for 6 months

  • $1000   Feeds 1 gibbon for 1 year

  • $6000   Builds a naturalistic enclosure

     *This amount entitles you to enroll in our adoption program.  2% of the donations for this program go to support the survival of the crested gibbon of Hainan Island, China.  With only 14 individuals remaining, the Hainan black-crested gibbon, (sp. cf. nasutus hainanus) is the world's most endangered primate.  Also nearly extinct is the Eastern black-crested gibbon (sp. cf. nasutus nasutus), of NE Vietnam, east of the Red River.  There are also only 14 of these gibbons left, making these two gibbons the rarest primates on earth.

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WISH LIST

As it is our goal to expand and improve our study and breeding programs, outside funding is crucial for our non-profit 501(c)(3) organization (#95-4256306).  We can use many kinds of support--financial and otherwise.  We hope the following list will give you some idea of what our most immediate needs are.   

20 to 40 usable acres in Southern California in a milder climate on which to place the gibbons on island exhibits  $2-3,000,000 
Mini Cooper (prefer Clubman S diesel, when available)
Toyota Prius
Enlarge oval enclosure $3,500
One additional enclosure $6,000
Vinyl shade cloth and solid material for 5 enclosures $1,250
Exam gloves (non-sterile) and disposable dust mask $15
Traulsen commercial 36" wide stainless refrigerator $3,000
30" or 36" commercial stove $1,500
Purified water system $4,500
Six foot high chain link per 50' roll $50
Galvanized 1 3/8" pipe or 1" water pipe,  schedule 20 or thicker $500
SUV  $25,000
Air condition and heat for kitchen and office   $3,000
Skip loader tractor (used) $10,000
Surveillance camera $2,000
500 mm F4.5 Canon camera lens $10,000
Printing of GCC newsletter "the Gibbon's Voice" $1,500
Printing of brochures $1,200
Electric thermometer $300
Scale (electric) $450
Autoclave 12" chamber "validator" $1,100
Cold sterilizer $300
Binoculars (pocket size) $200
Binoculars (large) $350
Informational signage for all gibbon enclosures $400 per sign
Phone bill
Electric bill
1- 100  bottles children's chewable vitamin, made without sugar
32 oz flaxseed and borage oil
1 oz Micelized vitamin A and Micelized vitamin E
1-10  bottles of Milk Thistle capsules
1-10 bottles of Folic Acid capsules
1-10 bottles of Zinc capsules
1-5 gallons 100% George’s distilled Aloe Vera liquid
2-20 oz. power combination of microorganisms (acidophilus, etc)
1-100  Hain mini rice cakes that do not have sugar or dairy.  Only the following flavors: Honey Nut and Apple Cinnamon
1-3 pair black rubber boots (sizes 5-10)
1-3 raincoats
1-7 coveralls (medium & large)
Scanner $500
Ink cartridges for HP DeskJet 990 Printer: color #78 and black #45
Laser printer $1,500
Macintosh PowerBook computer $2,700
Sony or Panasonic Professional portable DAT tape recorder $700
Microphones for tape recorder $700
25" professional monitor $1,000
Panasonic digital video camcorder $2,600

Tripod for camcorder $150
50 galvanized rope clamps 1/2 inch
Porter Cable #7556 1/2" right angle drill
Porter Cable # 6602 18 gauge shear
Porter Cable 19 volt battery
Hitachi #E8FB2 slide fence radial arm saw
1 tap and die set (hexagon dies, not round)
1-2 set drill bits (titanium)
1-2 set masonry drill bits
1-3 1/2"x18", 3/8"x18", and 1/4"x18" wood drills
1-100 Saw Sal blades
1-2 Freud 15" cut off blade
1-40 jig saw blades for Porter cable
1-40 4 1/2" grinder wheels for Makita
1-40 14" metal blade for cut off saw
1-40 7" metal blade for Skil saw
1- 2' and 1-4' level
1-3 Ratchet wrench, 1/2 x 9/16"
1 1/4 socket wrench, & socket set (deep and shallow)
1 3/8 shallow sockets (5/16, 5/8, 11/16, 13/16)
1 3/8 socket set (for Allen bolts)
1-2 wire feed spool for Millermatic 200
1-5 25' tape measure
1-2 Makita ratchet set, 1/4 hex shank
1-20 16" abrasive cut off saw blades
1 PVC pipe cutter that will do up to 2"
1-30 American lock, series 55, series 40 & series 20, with long or short shackles
1-100 3/8" and 5/16" galvanized bolts 2-12", washers, and nuts
100-10,000 self-drilling screws with bolt head approximately 3/16 x 1" 
100-1000 sheets of tri-mite (various sizes of gray) sandpaper
1-100 Rust-Oleum cold galvanized compound spray can
1-30 bronze double-ended bolt snap 4" or 4 5/8"
1-40 Quick Link stainless steel 5/16" or 7/16"
1-100 6" handle scrub brush with loop handle
1-4 Corona pruners 1" diameter
1-3 Corona loppers
1 rigid aluminum 24" pipe wrench
1-2 crescent wrenches  (15", 24")
1-2 8" bolt cutters
1-2 25' line for Milwaukee heavy duty drain cleaner
1 Senco SFN finish nailer 1"-2"
10 Plantation hoes for cutting weeds
1-5 Mini Mag light & Mag light (C battery & D battery)
1-2 halogen floodlight, portable hookup to cigarette lighter
1-100 kitchen scrubber sponges
12-72 rolls Charmin 2 ply toilet paper
6-72 rolls paper towels

100% of your contributions go directly to the gibbons.

So please take a moment today to help us out in any way you can, no matter how great or small. We are a 501(c)(3) registered charity.  All contributions are tax deductible as provided by law. Federal tax exemption number is 95-4256306.

Thank you for your generosity and concern!

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