Posts by Diana
Fall in Love with Burrito
It’s the second video in our Share the Chimp Love videos leading up to Valentine’s Day! The goal is to increase the number of Chimpanzee Pals for each of the chimpanzees and raise some funds for their care. Check out their individual pages (click on their “polaroid” images at the top of the page) to…
Read MoreFall in love with Annie
We are creating and sharing videos of all of the chimpanzees in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day! Starting with beautiful Annie: Learn more about how to participate in the Share the Chimp Love fundraising or how to become a Chimpanzee Pal. And if the above video didn’t quite convince…
Read MoreMore snow adventures & thanks to volunteers!
Annie is continuing to show her newfound adventurous nature. The other chimpanzees (well, most of them) were inspired to follow her out into the snowy expanse of Young’s Hill this afternoon. The pair of photos below of Annie and Jody are my favorite! It’s so uplifting to see the chimpanzees support one another and share…
Read MoreThe Eyes Have It
I took some photos of Burrito this morning that caused me to admire his face and think about the chimpanzee facial features that I love. The top of my personal “awesome chimpanzee facial features” list is the brow ridge (also known as supraorbital torus, ridge, or arch). Though much less pronounced in chimpanzees, humans have…
Read MoreChimpanzee Violence
A couple of days ago, there was fight in the chimp house that resulted in a significant injury to one of Negra’s toes. We are monitoring it to determine if intervention will be necessary, and she’s on antibiotics and pain relief. You’d never know that she had the injury unless you actually saw it, though…
Read MoreA Day for a Family in Colorado
Today’s day of sanctuary was a gift donation for the Eilmeses in Colorado: Kurt, Erin, Isaac, Ace & Elyse with Happy New Year wishes from Kevin and Diane Eilmes. They gave this gift in the hope that their Colorado family enjoy the chimps as much as they do! Thank you, Kevin & Diane! Here’s…
Read MoreThe first sponsored day of 2017!
Can you believe it? It’s actually 2017! A new day of a new year – fresh and waiting for what is to come. Friend of the sanctuary Kathleen, who has donated her amazing graphic design talents on many projects for the sanctuary over the last few years, has the unique privilege of having this day…
Read MoreCheers to Donors!
If you’re signed up for our e-news, you should have received an email yesterday from me about our year-end fundraising goal with a match pledged by our amazingly supportive board of directors, who play the vital role of guidance and oversight for the sanctuary. As usual, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest donors have exceeded all expectations, and…
Read MoreA New Tradition
Our second sponsor-a-day today comes from Thom and Judy Nash in honor of their adult kids. Here’s how this came about, in the the words of Judy, “This year for Christmas our family decided to start a new tradition of making a donation to a shelter or other worthy animal cause rather than exchanging gifts.…
Read MoreA Day of Love
We have two sponsor-a-days for this last day of 2016! The first is a Christmas contribution from Jim and Kim Horton’s family in honor of Vicki Fagerlee, mother, mother-in-law and grandmother (Grams). Vicki was the winning bidder of the sought-after behind-the-scenes visit and volunteer opportunity that we had in our end of summer online auction. She…
Read MoreHanukkah and Christmas Eve
Anna and I decided to give the chimps some treats today to celebrate both the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve. You may have noticed that we are pretty strict with the chimpanzees’ diet – nothing with added sugar, very little salt, and rarely any processed foods. Most of their diet consists of raw…
Read MoreChimpanzee Displays: Causing a Ruckus
J.B. shared a slo mo video of Jamie displaying yesterday (her slowed down vocalization sounds pretty intimidating!). In keeping with the theme, below is a video of all seven chimpanzees taking part in displaying earlier today. If you are interested in this sort of thing, you might also find this video that shows and explains…
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