Animal Enrichment Wishlist
The animals at Grandfather Mountain love getting gifts! You can have a role in helping provide the resident animals with special treats and enrichments. Enrichments are crucial to the physical and mental wellbeing of the animals and can come in the form of a toy, food, scent or something to entice their senses. The park’s habitat staff have curated these wishlists on Amazon and Otto Environmental and update them as new needs arise. You can access the lists at the buttons below.
When purchasing through the Amazon Wishlist above, you will be given the opportunity to ship the item(s) directly to Grandfather Mountain. If purchasing on the Otto Environmental site, or if you are looking for our address to send other items for the habitat animals, please ship those to:
Grandfather Mountain – Attn: Erin Smith
2033 Blowing Rock Highway
Linville, NC 28646
Our USPS mailing address is:
Grandfather Mountain – Attn: Erin Smith
PO Box 129
Linville, NC 28646
“New enrichments are exciting for keepers, educators, animals and guests! Our goal is to see the animals engagement with the item. We love to observe how the animals react to something novel – and this helps spark new ideas when we are planning future enrichments.”
~ Alana Murray, Animal Habitat Keeper III
Gift Ideas:
- Habitat staff would be particularly excited to see gifts that can create multiple kinds of enrichments – like a snow cone maker, a waffle maker and rope.
- A few items that are always great: Native Pet Bone Broth (pet safe, no garlic/onion) for cougars, otters, bears and opossum; building blocks for otters; and banana chips for elk.
We would love to properly thank you for your contribution! Please fill out the form below and submit it so we can send you acknowledgment and a tax donation receipt.