Posts by Debbie
Foxie and the bottled water
A couple of years ago, we had tons of bottled water after the fire which ended up being great enrichment for the chimps. This week, our water pressure was a little low (it’s fixed now!) so we handed out some bottled water just to make sure everyone had plenty to drink. Of course they were…
Read MorePortraits, then and now
Humans, like chimpanzees, are very visually oriented. I think one of the most powerful ways we can show people how important sanctuary is, is by showing the “before and after” comparisons. After decades in research, the chimps looked like ghosts of themselves. For some of them, coming to CSNW was the first time they’d ever…
Read MoreClose-ups
Yesterday during the streamer maze party, I caught some close-ups of the chimps’ beautiful faces. Jody: Missy: Negra: French Dora peeking out from behind Foxie’s ear:
Read MoreStreamer day
Every day we like to provide the chimpanzees with different enrichment themes to make their day interesting. We also love to throw parties for any occasion! We even have a storage bin of extra party supplies, which has collected a lot of surplus streamer rolls lately. So today we decided to call “Streamer Day,” and…
Read MoreHow time flies
I was just telling JB yesterday, I can’t believe it is just two weeks away from our six year anniversary! Wow. How is it almost half-way through 2014 already? Well the saying rings true here at the sanctuary—how time flies when you’re having fun. 🙂 Perhaps it’s on my mind because we’re going to start…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Alisa!
Today was sponsored by Ed for Alisa Brooks, and it’s her 50th birthday! Ed shared this wonderful message with us: Alisa is turning 50 today and she would rather help the chimps get some yummy food than get a present herself. Alisa has a depth of love for animals that is always guiding her. I…
Read MoreGames with Foxie
Okay, okay — I know I just posted a bunch of Foxie photos yesterday, but this video was just too much fun to not post. So, here she is, the nearly 38 year old chimp who is going on six. 🙂
Read MoreFoxie with a new troll and outreach updates
If you are active on our Facebook pages and like to see updates about the chimps there—I have some important news! We have decided to share more photos of the chimps on our main page and close down the individual chimp pages, so it’s all in one place and more people will get to see…
Read MoreFriendships
It’s Friend Friday! Okay, well, we may have made that up last week—but it turns out that it actually is a thing! So, we thought we’d keep the trend going and post about some friendships today. This morning I got a video of rambunctious play between Foxie, Diana, and Burrito. At one point, Burrito turned…
Read MorePhotos from today and Negra’s Journey
Check out this post on One Green Planet we posted today about Negra. It’s truly a wonderful story and we’d love it if you would share it on social media, or just forward the link to your friends! Here’s some pictures I took today — the weather is absolutely gorgeous so we set up a…
Read MoreSidewalks!
You may have picked up that Katelyn mentioned that J.B. and Ken Mikkelson were prepping the areas around the chimp house for sidewalks on Wednesday, and yesterday the Poppoff crew came out and started work on forming the concrete. Today they finished the sidewalks and now they are curing and drying so we can start…
Read MoreHappy Birthday, Keith!
Today is CSNW’s Founder Keith LaChappelle‘s birthday! And guess how he is spending it? Working hard on helping get things ready for installing our sprinkler system! (which you can read more about at the end of this post if you need a reminder). Keith and his friend and long-time supporter of the sanctuary, Nick Dean,…
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