Giving Thanks

By Elizabeth | November 23, 2017 |

Today we’re thankful for love, family, and food grunts. On today’s menu: Field Roast with gravy baked apples green beans cranberry sauce sweet rolls baked potatoes roasted chestnuts sparkling apple cider We hope you and your family enjoy your festivities as much as the Cle Elum Seven enjoyed theirs. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Joy

By Elizabeth | November 9, 2017 |

As we head into winter and moods might be dipping, it seemed like time for a compilation of Foxie being the joyful being she is.

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Keeping Fit

By Elizabeth | November 2, 2017 |

Boss Jamie does frequent patrols of the perimeter of the chimps’ outdoor habitat to make sure everything is on the up and up. These patrols happen multiple times each day, and most of the time Jamie prefers for a caregiver or three to accompany her (and sometimes some of the other chimps tag along also).…

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Harry Potter Day

By Elizabeth | September 28, 2017 |

In our continuing effort to come up with new and interesting enrichment for the chimpanzees, we present to you…

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Going Through the Archives

By Elizabeth | September 7, 2017 |

Thought I’d share a few photos from the last few weeks at the sanctuary. Jody relaxing in the playroom: Jamie surveying Young’s Hill from the top platform in the greenhouse: Firefighters from the Jolly Mountain Fire presenting Jamie with her own pair of firefighting boots: Missy discovering a tomato stash during a lunch forage on…

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Queen Negra

By Elizabeth | August 24, 2017 |

Negra spent 30 years in laboratories, being poked and prodded in the name of research. In 1986, during her 13th year in a lab cage, it was suspected that Negra had some kind of contagious disease, so she was placed in isolation – possibly the worst thing you can do to a social animal. Here…

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