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Archives for July 2010

See us at Seattle Center tomorrow

July 31, 2010 by Diana

Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest will have a table at Pasado Safe Haven‘s Bark of Seattle at Seattle Center. Come say hi, and bring your pup for a day of fun.

Filed Under: Sanctuary Tagged With: bark of seattle, chimp, chimpanzee, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, csnw, pasado's safe haven, seattle

Grooming

July 31, 2010 by Diana

Grooming, generally a very calm activity, is a really important part of chimpanzee culture. It establishes and strengthens friendships and alliances. Chimps part the hair and pick out any debris or dead skin. They also will groom scabs off of themselves and each other.

Left to right: Missy grooms Burrito’s head. Burrito grooms Foxie’s back. Foxie grooms Burrito’s arm.

Burrito, Foxie and Missy groom outside

Annie (right) grooms Missy’s face. Chimpanzees often use their lips as well as their fingers to groom themselves and others.Annie grooms Missy's face

Jody (left) and Missy (right) groom Jamie (center, wearing scarf of trolls). This photo was taken shortly after Jamie had been ill for a few days and had been separated briefly from the group (though they could all still see each other). Grooming is very common when chimpanzees are reunited after even a short separation.

Jody and Missy groom Jamie

Filed Under: Annie, Foxie, Grooming, Jamie, Jody, Missy, Sanctuary Tagged With: animal protection, animal rescue, animal rights, Animal Welfare, chimp, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee retirement, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, chimpanzees, groom, Grooming, primate rescue, Sanctuary

Keep the pressure on – help 202 chimpanzees

July 30, 2010 by Diana

If you haven’t already, please call and write Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today and urge her to halt the transfer of 202 chimpanzees from the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in Texas.

You can send an electronic letter through the Humane Society of the United States and you can call the office of Health and Human Services at these numbers: 301-435-0888 or 202-205-5445 or 877-696-6775 (option #6 on the 877 number may put you in touch with a live person).

These chimpanzees should be allowed to permanently retire, not be subjected to more research. Retiring the chimpanzees is not only the ethical thing to do, it will also save taxpayer money, something we all have a right to speak out about. Currently, the chimpanzees are being warehoused at APF and have not been used in research for at least nine years.

Read our July 16th blog post about this issue for more information and read New Mexico governor Bill Richardson’s press release supporting halting the transfer of the APF chimpanzees.

Also, please see the statement from Save the Chimps released two days ago. It includes a link to a pdf which summarizes the history of chimpanzees in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

The announcement about the plan to transfer the chimpanzees was made well after the decision had been made.  We must speak up now and keep the pressure on for the sake of the 202 individuals and their future.

Filed Under: Sanctuary Tagged With: animal protection, animal rescue, animal rights, Animal Welfare, chimp, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee retirement, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, csnw, northwest, rescue, Sanctuary

Foxie

July 29, 2010 by Jackie

Foxie cuddling with a headless doll (love is love, right?):

Filed Under: Enrichment, Foxie, Sanctuary, Trolls Tagged With: Animal Welfare, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum Seven, Sanctuary

A chimp and a monkey

July 28, 2010 by Elizabeth

The chimps seem to have a love/hate relationship with stuffed animals. Stuffed monkeys and apes, in particular, tend to get their insides ripped out quickly and somewhat violently. Sometimes, though, if they have that ineffable quality, they are granted a temporary reprieve and become snuggle partners.

Volunteer Stephanie P. and her niece Sara donated this giant monkey to the chimps, and he/she is still “alive” and kicking, against all odds.

Filed Under: Enrichment, Jody, Nesting, Sanctuary Tagged With: Animal Welfare, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, Cle Elum Seven, Enrichment, Sanctuary

Call the NIH today to help the APF chimpanzees

July 28, 2010 by Diana

Wayne Pacelle, President and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, just posted a blog entry about the 202 chimpanzees who are slated to be moved from the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research (SFBR).

Wayne expresses it well, “…the time is past for subjecting chimps to painful and unnecessary research, and much of the world is ahead of us in recognizing this fact.”

Hopefully, all of you emailed Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius after reading our blog post yesterday.

Now there’s something else you can do – call the Health and Human Services switchboard at 877-696-6775 and ask them to halt the transfer of these 202 chimpanzees and permanently retire them from research.

(When I called this number a moment ago, I got a series of menu options. I chose to leave a message for the Secretary of Health and Human Services at 202-205-5445. Perhaps during business hours there are humans who answer the phones. Let us know how your phone calls go.)

The chimpanzees cannot speak for themselves. Please speak on their behalf.

Filed Under: Sanctuary Tagged With: alamogordo, alamogordo primate facility, animal rights, Animal Welfare, chimp, chimpanzee, chimpanzee retirement, humane society of the united states, primate, southwest foundation for biomedical research, wayne pacelle

More Negra

July 27, 2010 by J.B.

Filed Under: Negra Tagged With: chimp, chimpanzee, lips, Negra, northwest, rescue, Sanctuary

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