Posts by Anna
Greens for the Queen
The time of year is upon us when greens and browse items are especially plentiful. Negra took advantage of today’s forage by eating her way through ample amounts of mini bok choy brought to us by Charlie’s Produce who delivers our weekly produce orders and a browse forage of cattails picked fresh from our nearby…
Read MoreA Rare Moment with Willy B
It can cause a special happy adrenaline rush for a caregiver to share a moment with a chimpanzee who generally only acknowledges your existence when he wants food or to look at pictures on your cell phone.
Read MoreThe Great Potato Pilferer
This afternoon we put out a lunch forage and everyone quietly and calmly collected their own meals. Missy gathered a large cache of potatoes and headed bipedally back to the greenhouse. Here’s a poor photo of her forage efforts so you get the idea: Once she made it back to the greenhouse, she sat down…
Read MoreAnother Employment Opportunity!
As I blogged about a few weeks ago, we are still hiring for a Full-Time Medical-Veterinary Assistant/Chimpanzee Caregiver, but today I get the pleasure to announce we are also looking to hire for a Full Time Chimpanzee Caregiver Position! This is an exciting job posting for me to talk about since it doesn’t include any…
Read MoreBray all Day and a Special Guest
As Kelsi blogged yesterday, we are finally comfortable with giving both groups of chimpanzees access to their respective outdoor enclosures at the same time! Today we gave both groups access to Young’s Hill and The Bray first thing in the morning and things couldn’t be calmer out there. Gordo and Rayne even chose to eat…
Read MoreChanges and an Employment Opportunity
First the not so good news from the sanctuary… Sofía has plans this summer to relocate to the east coast and continue her vet tech career closer to family. We wish her luck with the next chapter in her life and thank her for all her hard work and dedication to the cattle and chimpanzees’…
Read MoreForgiveness
Just like humans, chimpanzee interpersonal relationships are complicated. Chimpanzees laugh, play, grieve and generally display all the same emotions that we do. They also fight. Watching a chimpanzee fight can be extremely scary to an onlooker and in my opinion, is one of the least enviable aspects of having to be a chimpanzee. This morning…
Read MoreNational Best Friends Day
Chad informed me that it is National Best Friends Day today. What better day than today to highlight some of the best friend pairs around here at the sanctuary! Jenna took this photo of Mave and Dora yesterday. I hope we are all so lucky to have a BFF that looks at us the way…
Read MoreThank you NAPSA!
Last week Kelsi, myself, JB and Diana got the extraordinary opportunity to travel to Atlanta, Georgia where the North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance (NAPSA) was hosting its 2023 workshop. Volunteer Patti also joined in on the event! Please forgive me as I failed to take any of my own photos. Eventually NAPSA should be releasing…
Read MoreBrave Lucky!
I had a different blog all typed and ready to go… But then we opened the Bray for Cy’s group… AND LUCKY DECIDED TO GO OUTSIDE!! Up until today, Lucky has been hesitant but curious about the big outdoor space. She hasn’t really committed to taking more than a step outside, until this afternoon. This…
Read MoreGrass Frenzy
The time of year has come when the grass seems to be at peak deliciousness. This morning Annie and Negra set about devouring fistfuls of green bounty. I watched Annie slowly sink onto her stomach so she could eat in a more comfortable position. All hail springtime!
Read MoreIt’s Volunteer Appreciation Week!
It’s Volunteer Appreciation Week! Please join us in sending some love to our hard working volunteers at CSNW! Here’s a peek at some of our amazing volunteers in action!
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