Today in memory of Zippy cat

Today is a Sponsor a Day in memory of Pam and Marc’s cat friend Zippy, who they still miss everyday. The majority of CSNW supporters, like Pam and Marc, probably share their lives with companion animals. The CSNW staff collectively have dog, cat and bunny family members, and we understand the loss of animals under…

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Today in honor of Kaite McGrew

Thank you, Kaite McGrew for sponsoring today and helping the Cle Elum Seven continue to lives filled with variety, enriching experiences, play and love! Every single donation to the sanctuary helps us to fulfill our mission, and we couldn’t do it without supporters (and Facebook fans!) like you. Anyone can sponsor a day of sanctuary!…

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Who’s Burrito’s biggest fan?

Tamela is looking for Burrito’s biggest fan to buy a one-of -a-kind handmade Burrito belt buckle (see photo below). She also has very cool paperweights for sale in her online Etsy shop with interchangeable photos of the Cle Elum Seven, so you can spend each day with a different chimpanzee image! For other fun stuff…

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2nd goal reached!

Thanks, Barb in Ohio for making the pledge to cover the remaining $873 we had to go to reach our second fundraising goal! As of this morning (thanks, in part, to a generous check from Kat Morrell and to Tamela’s continued success with her Etsy store), we’re up to $40,476 raised! So close to our…

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Pet First Aid this Sunday – sign up today!

There’s still time to sign up for Tim and CSNW volunteer Stephanie Perciful’s Pet First Aid Class being held near Auburn on Sunday, May 23rd (corrected) from 9am to 3pm. Check out the pdf flyer and contact Tim: [email protected] for more information and to register. This is an absolutely invaluable class for anyone who cares…

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banana update – $36,627 raised

With Karen and Don Young’s generous match for each new goal we reach towards our 2nd Anniversary Fundraising, we have just $873 to go to reach $40,000 and 2 caged windows replaced by bullet proof glass and $3,373 to go to reach our ultimate goal and replace three caged-windows windows. Thanks so much to everyone…

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Today is Felicity’s Day!

Happy day, Felicity! Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest celebrates your day today, thanks to Catherine, Lindsay, Jamie, Annette and Amy. Pant hoots to you from all of your primate friends at the sanctuary, including the humans! Anyone can honor a loved one! Visit the Sponsor-a-Day section of our donation info page.

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accidental enrichment

Today was “fill the tub with water” day. We thought it would be fun to throw some of the forage in the tub. Apparently we do not know much about the buoyancy of fruit, because we figured grape tomatoes would float. They sank right to the bottom, and this turned into “accidental” enrichment for Missy…

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chimpanzees still in labs

Negra before in buckshire cage

The King 5 coverage last night mentioned the chimpanzees who are still in laboratories. Chimpanzees whose lives, like the Cle Elum Seven, could also remarkably improve if H.R. 1326, the Great Ape Protection Act (GAPA), is passed. Sometimes it seems the barriers to this actually happening are insurmountable – the opposition to the bill by…

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Link to King 5 piece

Watch the story about the sanctuary and the Great Ape Protection Act online here: http://www.king5.com/video/featured-videos/E-Wash-chimp-sanctuary-93603374.html

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Watch KONG 6/16 or KING 5 tonight!

Footage filmed a few weeks ago at the sanctuary about a story focused on the Great Ape Protection Act will air on Seattle’s KONG 6 tonight at 10pm and KING 5 tonight at 11pm. Tune in! We hear the teasers for the story were shown on the stations this morning. *Note – I messed up!…

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