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As part of our guest blogger series, here is a post by Dr. Sheri Speede. Sheri founded In Defense of Animals-Africa (IDA-Africa), after working as Northwest Director of In Defense of Animals. While working for IDA, she helped advocate for companion, farm, and research animals in the US. After a couple of trips to Cameroon,…
Read MoreHoedown Party!
Yesterday I posted some pictures to our Facebook page of the hoedown party we had in the morning. Thanks to Lisa Stuverud for bringing us a “party in a box” with all the fun new enrichment and hoedown-themed party stuff, we were able to throw an impromptu party for the chimps! They really enjoyed their…
Read MoreBurrito loves food
You may have noticed that Burrito loves food. He’s pretty enthusiastic about anything and everything edible. When we serve meals, he bounces up and down with excitement—and for the really exciting stuff—he food squeaks so loud you can hear him throughout the building. I love that it’s super easy to make Burrito’s day because he…
Read MoreFoxie, Jamie, and Dora play
The other day I caught a pretty funny trio in a game of wrestle and chase:
Read MoreTake Action Tuesday: Submit your comments to Fish & Wildlife!
A few weeks ago we posted about the US Fish & Wildlife Service’s proposed rule to “up-list” captive chimpanzees to endangered like their wild counterparts. They are accepting comments for just one more month until August 12, 2013. We encourage you to show your support for this proposed rule, and please also suggest that if…
Read MoreFoxie and the garter snake
Chimps are very investigative, defensive, and at times aggressive. Combine all these characteristics and add a small garter snake into the equation and you get a whole group of chimps ready to attack an intruder! This morning a garter snake made its way into the greenhouse and the chimps were on high alert. Everyone took…
Read MoreHelp others Take Action – share Eyes on Apes!
CSNW is a really unique place. We have seven amazing beings under our care, whom as you know are of utmost importance around here and truly run the show! Well, Jamie does anyway 😉 And we love to share stories about each of their personalities and their day-to-day lives. For instance, today has been a…
Read MoreA new view for the humans
J.B. has been working pretty hard on building a new platform for watching the chimps on the hill. It’s two stories! Here’s the view from the new vantage point: It’s pretty cool to be able to get photos from above the fence around Young’s Hill. Check out the new perspective of Missy on the shaky…
Read MoreFoxie and her dolls
Foxie is usually never without a troll doll or Dora the Explorer doll. But there’s been some occasions where she differs from the usual and pick dolls or enrichment that are entirely different, and sometimes—shockingly—she’s been seen walking around Young’s Hill without any doll along for the ride. As endearing as Foxie’s doll love is,…
Read MoreJamie’s changes
One thing we’ve seen grow in the Cle Elum Seven since they arrived at CSNW is their innate “chimpanzee-ness.” Burrito brachiating (swinging one hand after another) on the roof of the greenhouse is a perfect example. The general confidence that the chimpanzees all exhibit now has slowly grown and grown since they’ve been in sanctuary for…
Read MoreBeautiful Jody
I love Jody’s eyes. And in this picture, Negra’s eyes peeking over to Elizabeth as she’s taking the photo really bring a smile to my face!
Read MoreThe FARDC ‘Petting Zoo’ at Bili
Dr. Cleve Hicks, one of our guest bloggers, was featured last month with a series of posts called “Along the Bushmeat Highway” (Read Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). The story was from July of last year, and Cleve has given us some more recent follow-up information about the Bili forest area in the…
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