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Take Action Tuesday! Chimpanzee in new Comedy Central show

By Debbie | March 24, 2015 |

Tomorrow night, March 25, Comedy Central is planning to air a new TV show called Big Time in Hollywood, FL. The show’s previews contain footage of a chimpanzee in several scenes. The show was produced by Ben Stiller, who we hope will respond favorably to your feedback — but please hurry! The show premieres tomorrow…

Sink enrichment

By Debbie | March 21, 2015 |

Recently we got some toy sinks in the mail, and I knew right away Jamie would be interested. Sure enough, we filled up the sink with some soapy water, along with some dishes and scrub brushes, and she began her inspection. First, she tried to take the thing apart. When that proved to be more…

Take Action Thursday: McDonald’s exploits Suzy chimpanzee in new ad

By Debbie | March 19, 2015 |

A recent advertisement for McDonald’s restaurants in France features Suzy the chimpanzee demonstrating trained behaviors, such as jumping up and down and making “funny” faces. Unfortunately, what Suzy has experienced–and what her future holds–is not funny at all. Although chimpanzees may appear to have positive, loving relationships with their trainers, this can be deceiving.…

St. Patrick’s Day 2015

By Debbie | March 17, 2015 |

Happy St. Patrick’s Day! As Katelyn mentioned in the sponsor-a-day post this morning, we love to find any reason to throw a party for the chimpanzees. So today we filled little shamrock cups with almond milk which was dyed green with food coloring, as well as their usual fruit smoothie which we also dyed green.…

Content Jamie

By Debbie | March 8, 2015 |

Today is a gorgeous spring day with clear skies, the temperature is in the mid-60s, and everyone is in a great mood. It seemed like a great day for a picnic, so we set up a forage outside and everyone—including fair-weather gal Negra—ventured out for their lunch. When they’re not outside, the chimps have been…

Thinking inside the box

By Debbie | March 3, 2015 |

Last night, volunteers, interns, and primate behavior students from Central Washington University got together to make some enrichment for the chimps. Their club is Primate Awareness Network—if you’ve been following the blog for awhile, that might sound a little familiar to you—they’ve hosted talks by CSNW staff during their annual spring speaker series several times.…

Missy’s zumba exercise

By Debbie | February 28, 2015 |

Missy is chimpanzee-oriented, meaning she often chooses to groom or play chase with her chimpanzee friends over the humans (but we love that!) Every once in awhile she engages in fairly rambunctious chase or tug-o-war and will even quietly groom with caregivers on occasion. Times with Missy are a special treat for all of us!…

Foxie on a troll stroll

By Debbie | February 24, 2015 |

Foxie takes her dolls with her almost everywhere. She holds them during meal times, she plays with them (both on her own and with friends), and she rests with them. She even takes them on brief outings onto Young’s Hill. A lot of times she carries them on her back like a mother chimp would…

Annie’s bird noises

By Debbie | February 17, 2015 |

I just posted this video to our Facebook page: Post by Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. Annie loves to relax on her back. Today I not only caught her making her “bird noises,” but also snapped a quick photo of her tongue sticking out a little bit—which just adds to her endearing personality.

Sanctuary is love.

By Debbie | February 14, 2015 |

Today has been all about love! We threw a big party in the greenhouse for Valentine’s Day with the help of decorations and enrichment donated by Lisa S., Carol M., and volunteer Patti—plus delicious food donated by Anne R. and Patti, including some tasty buckwheat waffles with walnuts and carrots. They smelled delicious! Patti excluded…

Take Action Tuesday: When “cute” animals reveal an ugly truth

By Debbie | February 10, 2015 |

If you’re reading this, you probably have a love of animals, so when you see videos and photos of animals that make you laugh or melt your heart, you want to share them. Us too! Unfortunately, there’s often an ugly truth behind “cute” videos and photos. A prime example is the slow loris videos that…

The favorite spot

By Debbie | February 3, 2015 |

As I was walking around Young’s Hill with Jamie the other day, I was thinking about how she’s created a trail for herself (JB does mow the grass down during the summer, but there’s still a beaten path where Jamie walks several times a day) and it reminded me of when I visited the Louvre…