Posts by Diana
A Faster Way to Forage
If this video doesn’t make you smile, I don’t know what will. Honey B continues to reveal more and more of her unique personality.
Read MoreGetting to Know the Three
Honey B, Mave, and Willy B arrived less than 30 days ago. If you’ve ever moved somewhere new, you know there’s an adjustment period where it takes some time to settle in and figure out how you fit with your new surroundings. I would have expected this adjustment to be a pretty extended one for…
Read MoreTEAPSPA Day of Action
In addition to being Annie’s birthday, we have something important for everyone to do for Take Action Tuesday. We are one of several groups invited by Animal Defenders International (ADI) to support TEAPSPA (the Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act) to ban traveling wild animal acts nationwide. Read this post about chimpanzees in…
Read MoreWilly B + Jody
First, the photos that go along with the story in today’s blog are not going to win any awards. But the story is good, so I hope you’ll forgive my quick cell phone pics. Second, if you are new to the sanctuary and the photos make you wonder why the chimps are in cages, please…
Read MoreA Journey to the Sanctuary
If you are signed up to our e-newsletter, you received a link to this video of the journey that Mave, Honey B and Willy B took to get to Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, but we know you want to watch it again and again. Help welcome them home by participating in the Summer Biddin’ Online Auction!!…
Read MoreMissy’s 44th Birthday
Missy had a tomato-filled birthday yesterday! Watch the video (with Jody pop-ups) to see Missy enjoying her day. The three new chimpanzees continue to charm us all. We’ll be sharing more stories about them in the days, weeks, months, and years to come. We’re so very grateful to have had this opportunity to get to…
Read MoreThe New Three
You guessed it – Willy B, Mave, and Honey B are incredible, and we are all newly in love with them with each passing hour. It’s hard to believe they’ve only been here a few days from Wildlife Waystation. Click on the video above for some recent clips of the three, and stay tuned for…
Read MoreBig Welcome to Honey B, Willy B, and Mave!
Honey B, Willy B, and Mave arrived at the sanctuary this morning and are getting to know their brand new facility right now as you read this post! These three chimpanzees came from Wildlife Waystation in California which recently announced that it is closing and, with the help of the California Department of Fish and…
Read MoreBest Friends Playing Video
A couple of weeks ago, I took a short video of Annie play-poking Missy in a really sweet and affectionate way and thought it would be great to put on Instagram (@ChimpSanctuary). The video got so much play, I then shared it on the sanctuary’s Facebook page and watched as the number of views and…
Read MoreHow to Forage
By Burrito Chimpanzee Gather as much of the most prized item as you can, filling your hands so that you must stand bipedally. Process the food as you go. Don’t worry about what other people are doing. Just go for it. Get the most out of everything you’ve gathered. Take a rest, but make sure…
Read MoreJamie making her bed
Ahhhh. Doesn’t it look so comfortable?
Read MoreThey Know
The Cle Elum Seven Chimpanzees spent decades in biomedical research laboratories and holding facilities in the 70s, 80s, 90s, and early 2000s. The minimum space requirements for housing chimpanzees under the Animal Welfare Act remain shockingly, well, minimal. It’s still legal to keep a chimpanzee in a 5’x5’x7′ cage. These days, however, most laboratories that…
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