Posts by Diana
First Photos From the Road
J.B. and Keith just sent us some photos from the road! All of the chimpanzees are doing well and are being checked on frequently. Isn’t Jody just beautiful? I’m so happy to be sharing the first of many photos of her!
Read MoreHousewarming, Four Day Countdown, Bizarre News?
Thanks so much to everyone who came to the Housewarming event on Saturday. We had a great turn-out and the chimpanzees received so much wonderful enrichment! I was overwhelmed by the well-wishes from the community, and it was great to celebrate with some who have been involved with the sanctuary since it was just an…
Read MoreVisualizing Chimpanzees
J.B. and I are now in Washington having finally moved from New York State. After five days of driving, we were both really anxious to see the chimp house as soon as we got here. For the first time, I could really see the chimpanzees in the building. Before I could imagine it in a theoretical kind of way, but…
Read MoreSeattle store Urbanweeds is our new best friend
This post is from Lauren Glickman, CSNW board member and event coordinator extraordinaire A warm thank you to our friends at Urbanweeds, Steve and Tim, for hosting a Weeds and Needs benefit to help us! They donated 25% of their day’s tally – and we raised a whopping $400. We had a gorgeous sunny Saturday…
Read MoreMushy post about Negra
I’ve wanted to write this for a while, but I’ve been trying to figure out a way to write it so that it doesn’t sound so mushy that people think it is out of character for me. I think I’m just going to go for it, though… I’m in love with Negra. It started when…
Read MoreMissy & Annie
J.B. and I had our second visit with the Buckshire Seven this past weekend. On our last visit, there were two chimpanzees who were rather aloof and mostly stayed in the background – Missy and Annie. This visit was quite the opposite. After we were there for a bit and we had given out some…
Read MoreABC News story about Chimpanzees in Entertainmnet
Yesterday an article written by Ashley Phillips entitled “Scientists Criticize Use of Chimps in Media” was published. The full article is available here. Below are some excerpts: Constantly using chimps for laughs leads the TV- and movie-viewing public to mistakenly believe that the animals aren’t an endangered species, a group of scientists that includes Jane…
Read MoreChimpanzee “Retirement” on This American Life
If you have eleven minutes right now, listen to the last segment of Ira Glass’ This American Life episode #350 here. This segment, called Almost Human Resources, is with Charles Siebert, a reporter who is a contributing writer for the New York Times. The subject of the interview is “retirement homes” for chimpanzees! Siebert does…
Read MoreMalt & Vine Beer Tasting Event
I recently made a trip out to Seattle and Cle Elum to visit the sanctuary site and meet all of the fantastic people involved with Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. I just happened to coordinate my trip so that I could attend CSNW’s Cheers to Chimps Wild Beer Tasting Benefit that was held at the Malt &…
Read MoreJody’s Eyes
This post was written by J.B., who also visited the chimpanzees at Buckshire in December. The first thing that struck me about Jody, besides her diminutive size, was her gaze. She has large, soulful eyes that follow you intently. Though Jody is an active member of her social group, she is keenly interested in the…
Read MoreJamie and choices
Jamie is someone who could be referred to as a “character.†She clearly likes attention and demanded a lot of it from me and the other Direct Care Committee members who accompanied me on my first visit to Buckshire to meet the chimpanzees. Jamie was the most gregarious of the group and was full of…
Read Morenot-so-shy Foxie
This is the third post about my initial visit with the Buckshire Seven Foxie is a small chimpanzee with a dark, inquisitive face and a somewhat mischievous charm. She was born into captivity in 1976, fated to be used by humans for their purposes. Her caregiver at Buckshire has described her as shy, but everyone…
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