Bubba’s Big Day

We’re incredibly fortunate here at CSNW to have such a wonderful community of generous donors. Their thoughtfully sent items bring endless joy to our chimpanzee residents. Recently we received a toy CAT dump truck and we immediately knew who would love to add this this toy truck to his collection of odds and ends.. Burrito!…

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Nesting with Annie

It’s been a long, hot week here at the sanctuary, so today we’re kicking back and chilling with Annie as she constructs and enjoys her cozy nest on this breezy afternoon. But don’t worry, if that’s not your speed today – we’ve also got playtime with Burrito and babysitting duty with Foxie in store for…

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Good Vibes Only

  Summer has officially arrived at the sanctuary, with temperatures soaring close to 100 degrees daily. Keeping our chimpanzee residents and staff cool, calm, and collected is no small feat when the heat tries to bring out our grumpier sides! In today’s blog video, we’re sharing some of the ways we combat boredom, using play…

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Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July everyone! The chimps here at CSNW had a day full of fun and food! Longtime volunteer caregiver Patti made the chimps vegan ‘hotdogs’ out of carrots, while caregiver Ellen made them a shortcake out of their usual chow biscuits, fruit and whipped cream from coconut milk. If you are celebrating today,…

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World Wide News with Cy

We’ve covered Cy’s tendency to alarm call at scary things in his magazines a few times before so there isn’t much to say but enjoy today’s video of Cy’s range of emotions when he gets his new magazines for the day  

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Mora B: Playing Hooky

This week Mave, Honey B and Dora decided they would prefer not to shift with the rest of their group for cleaning and instead played hooky in the front rooms. where it was just the three of them. This is the not the first time you’ve heard about Honey B enticing her friends to skip…

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A Day of Distractions

Today there were a lot of distractions and side quests that left me short on time for making a well edited blog, so for today’s blog you can check out the short video for footage of our biggest distraction, along with some Burrito shenanigans and check out some bonus photos below! Lucky enjoying the sights…

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Get Ready With Me: CSNW Edition

Today we had one of our summer sanctuary visits for some of our donors so we spent the morning getting ready with the usual cleaning and a lunch forage on Young’s Hill but the caregiver’s weren’t the only ones preparing for the day ahead this morning. In today’s blog video you can follow along with…

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Moo Crew Maintenance

This week the cattle had a pedicure appointment with the hoof trimmer and a check-up with the Doc. So for today’s blog Dr. Erin shares an update on the bovine girls! Dr. Erin “Thursday was hoof trim day for the sanctuary herd.  Like all healthcare interactions with the sanctuary residents, I both look forward to…

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No Hill, No Problem

Today JB has been working with a crew of people to make improvement’s to Young’s Hill, including finishing the new structures, planting more trees and adding irrigation. You would think this would make for a very stir crazy group of chimpanzee’s but they all managed to take it in stride and have a relatively quiet…

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Carefree Day

We officially hit 80 degrees for the first time this year and the chimps are enjoying a carefree day and you can join them in today’s blog video! Bonus photos of Gordo enjoying the beautiful weather!

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