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More party photos
Negra looks on as Foxie opens a birthday gift Jody and Missy in a mess of wrapping paper. Missy with raisin board. Annie opening a gift Missy and Jamie looking out window at horses in field. The chimps are still using a lot of the gifts, like the sturdy yellow table Jamie is sitting on,…
Read MoreFoxie’s party photos
Happy Birthday sign from Robbi Birthday banner from Margaret and Karen Sarah sharing a special bithday card for Foxie from Syd – Jody looking on, Foxie with raisin board Foxie with stuffed colobus monkey – birthday gift from a friend. Foxie clinging to window cage – there were horses in the field the day of…
Read MoreFoxie’s getting presents!
Foxie has some admirers who have sent her presents for her birthday. Her friend Pam made delicious sugar-free muffins for all of the chimpanzees in her honor complete with frosting and apple-sticks for candles! (guess who the little muffin is for…… I’ll give you a hint, she has pink hair)
Read MoreBurrito’s instincts
Stuffed animals aren’t just for snuggling, as Burrito demonstrates. After playfully hitting this teddy bear on the head and throwing it up in the air numerous times, Burrito groomed the teddy bear’s head.
Read MoreScotland symposium on the use of great apes in invasive research
Tomorrow (Monday) is the first day of the International Primatological Society Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland. There is a very important symposium occurring at this conference on August 8th (Foxie’s birthday) – a discussion of the use of chimpanzees in invasive biomedical research. Learn more on the Humane Society of the United States’ website. Also, the…
Read MoreRaisin logs
Volunteer Pam made these raisin logs for the chimps – she drilled holes in the logs and stuffed them with golden raisins. With Jamie’s love of fruit, I’m sure you can guess who got most of the raisins, but the other chimpanzees managed to get some too. Burrito with raisin log and Jamie pant-hooting in…
Read MoreBeing a caregiver
I started to write the post below a few months ago. I didn’t finish it because I thought it might be too much of a downer, but I think it speaks to the question of whether we would allow babies to be born at the sanctuary. To be clear – there is no way we…
Read MoreJamie busy with enrichment
Jamie is always busy doing something – often multiple things at the same time. She definitely gets a lot of use out of the enrichment that we provide, as you can see from this video:
Read MoreVideo of Negra
We’ve been going through some older videos we have and I just love this clip of Negra. I was standing on a ladder filming the chimpanzees coming into the playroom for the first time (it was only a little over a month ago!) through one of the windows. Negra saw me and approached, presenting her…
Read MorePhoto Album viewing
Here are a couple of photos of Burrito and Jamie looking at the new photo album of supporters. Please keep the photos coming! It’s been great for me to put together the album. Burrito seemed to like the photos of the dogs and cats and Jamie was pretty interested in the humans.
Read MoreParty Video
A few more party photos
This sign, hung on the stairs in the playroom, was made by a volunteer Here’s a photo of some of the chimpanzees eating the nuts and dried fruit we scattered around the playroom. From front to back: Negra, Annie, Missy, Jody. The tables and the rocking dog are great sturdy toys donated from our Target…
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