Topic - Gorilla Foundation

The Gorilla Foundation is a non-profit organization founded in 1976 by Francine Patterson in order to purchase the young gorilla named Koko from the San Francisco Zoo. After the purchase, the foundation continued to support Patterson's research as she taught Koko American Sign Language. Currently the foundation is continuing its efforts to get Koko to mate and plans to open an ape preserve on the island of Maui. - Source: Wikipedia

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FILE - In this 2016 file photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, the silverback gorilla Ndume picks up a toy at The Gorilla Foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains. Documents in federal court in San Francisco show that The Gorilla Foundation balked at a June 4, 2019 return requested by the Cincinnati Zoo &amp; Botanical Garden, saying Ndume has a bacterial infection that could worsen during a stressful move. (Ron Evans/Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden via AP, File)

Gorilla’s return to Cincinnati Zoo set after court battle

Associated Press

FILE - In this 2016 file photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Ndume stands in The Gorilla Foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains. The Cincinnati Zoo is suing for the return of Ndume, a gorilla loaned to the conservatory in 1991 as a companion for Koko, the gorilla famed for mastering sign language. (Ron Evans/Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden via AP, File)

Zoo, foundation agree on plan to return gorilla Ndume to zoo

Associated Press

FILE - In this 2016 photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Ndume stands in The Gorilla Foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains. A federal judge in San Francisco has ruled the male silverback gorilla loaned to a California group in 1991 as a possible mate for Koko, the gorilla who learned sign language, must be returned to a Cincinnati zoo. District Judge Richard Seeborg’s ruling Friday, Feb. 1, 2019, says a 2015 agreement between the Cincinnati Zoo &amp; Botanical Garden and Gorilla Foundation to return Ndume after Koko’s death must be enforced. Koko died in June at age 46. (Ron Evans/Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden via AP)

Judge: Companion of late gorilla Koko must go back to zoo

Associated Press

FILE - In this 2016 file photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, the silverback gorilla Ndume picks up a toy at The Gorilla Foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains. A judge has ordered the Cincinnati Zoo &amp; Botanical Garden and a gorilla conservatory to resolve a custody dispute over the gorilla loaned as a companion to Koko, the late gorilla famed for mastering sign language. (Ron Evans/Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden via AP, File)

Judge: Solve dispute over pal to sign-language gorilla Koko

By Associated Press - Associated Press

In this 2016 photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, the silverback gorilla Ndume picks up a toy at The Gorilla Foundation's preserve in California's Santa Cruz mountains. The zoo that's suing the conservatory for the return of the gorilla has asked a judge to rule in the zoo's favor without going to trial. Zoo officials claim Ndume has since lived in isolation to his detriment, while the foundation says a transfer would harm him and pose unnecessary risk. (Ron Evans/Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden via AP)

Zoo suing for gorilla’s return asks for ruling without trial

By ANGIE WANG - Associated Press

In this 2016 photo provided by the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden the silverback gorilla Ndume picks up a toy at The Gorilla Foundation’s preserve in California’s Santa Cruz mountains. The Cincinnati Zoo is suing for the return of Ndume, a gorilla loaned to the conservatory in 1991 as a companion for Koko, the gorilla famed for mastering sign language. (Ron Evans/Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden via AP)

Cincinnati Zoo sues for return of Koko’s gorilla companion

By ANGIE WANG - Associated Press