Posts by Sarah
Tune in tonight
Eric Jensen and Eric Johnson won an Emmy for their story about the chimps’ release onto Young’s Hill last year, and we were happy to have them back today to film a story about the Taylor Bridge Fire and our recovery. Tune in tonight at 5pm to KOMO 4 if you’re local to the Seattle…
Read MoreTake Action (Tuesday?)
Perhaps our catchy title was a bit optimistic. But here’s your quick take action tip of the week. On September 5th, a week from today, the working group addressing the issue of government funded research on chimpanzees will meet to prepare its recommendations (due out in the early part of 2013). Visit this link to…
Read MoreCatch up news
To steal a phrase from our friend Allison, it’s getting back to boring around here. A good kind of boring. So, while there’s a lull, here’s some nice catch-up news I’ve been collecting for a few weeks. First, I’m pleased to share that we have been formally accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries…
Read MoreThe story of the fire part 3 – from Sarah
See the Story of the Fire Part 1 here After JB’s initial call letting me know there was fire in the area, I was thinking that it would be like the fire we had a few years ago, which was started by a car accident near the same bridge. It went up the hill about…
Read MoreWednesday afternoon update
Thanks once again for all the support and good wishes. We are feeling the love! Today was a busy day at the sanctuary – I’m excited to say that we have power! It wasn’t clear how long power was going to take (some estimates were that it would be several weeks) but we’re up and…
Read MoreUpdate
Hi everyone. We’re still doing fine here, and I’m writing this with generator power so I’ll keep it quick. The danger to the sanctuary has passed, but we’re watching tanker planes and helicopters try to put out fires all around the area. The wind is blowing and things are pretty smokey. Our hearts go out…
Read MoreFire update # 2
Thanks to everyone for your emails and comments. The chimps are fine. A large part of the sanctuary grounds burned in the fire, but the chimp building is ok. We don’t have any more information to share on the rest of the property, but will update tomorrow when things are clearer. JB stayed with the…
Read MoreFire update
There is a fast moving wildfire in our immediate area, and has burned portions of the sanctuary’s property. The chimpanzees and humans are all safe and the worst seems to have passed. JB just served dinner and the chimps are happy. We’ll provide updates as soon as we can assess the situation, but what’s important…
Read MoreA cabin for Negra, a party for Foxie, and more!
If you are a subscriber to our newsletter, you know that we had a lot of news to share yesterday. For example, there’s a story about the chimps’ new friend and ally, Glee star Charlotte Ross. Charlotte spent a wonderful day with the chimps recently and Burrito completely fell in love with her. I think…
Read MoreThanks, Cathy! We’re over $18,000 towards our goal!
Cathy Parker’s recent donation helped get us past the $18,000 mark, so we can raise the bar on the peanut another notch! Thank you Cathy and to all of you who have supported our fundraising campaign! I was sitting outside the greenhouse this afternoon as Negra was sitting patiently in the corner looking outside towards…
Read MoreUpdate on fundraising for Negra’s cabin
We are one month into our two month fundraising campaign and we’ve surpassed the halfway mark. Thanks to your support, we have raised over $17,000! That includes a $4,000 match from the Board and staff which you met! The rung on the peanut meter goes up every time we raise 10% more towards our goal…
Read MoreBipedal Annie
Following the video yesterday, here are some shots from this morning of Annie walking bipedally. She does this a lot on Young’s Hill. It’s obviously not the primary way of locomotion for chimpanzees, although we do see it here and there. There are a bunch of theories about why bipedal locomotion evolved – maybe based…
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