Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Archives for July 2010

Update on Alamogordo chimpanzees

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Please see our July 16th post, Chimpanzees to be moved for research, for the background information on this story.

Fifteen chimpanzees have already been moved from the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in Texas, but we cannot give up. The chimpanzees need us to speak out for them.

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson has issued a press release asking the NIH to permanently retire all of the APF chimpanzees, return the 15 chimpanzees that have already been sent to Texas and convert the Facility into a sanctuary.

The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) has made it easy for everyone to contact the NIH about this urgent issue. Please see the HSUS action alert, take action and share with your friends today.

You can keep updated on the campaign to retire the APF chimpanzees by following Animal Protection of New Mexico on their website and their Facebook page.

Day #3!

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Today is the third in a series of days sponsored by our generous volunteers (and chimps!) in honor of JB and Diana. We had a great party last night (for chimps and humans)! I know they are grateful for all the well wishes and congrats!

Sponsor a day for JB and Diana #2

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The CE7 are sponsoring a Diana and JB day (with a little help from our volunteers)! “To Diana and JB with all our love. We are so happy and thankful to share this day with you. Jamie, Foxie, Jody, Burrito, Missy, Annie, and Negra clapping happily.”

Sponsor a day for JB and Diana

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Today is being sponsored by our volunteers “for Diana and JB with best wishes and lots of thanks for giving us this special opportunity to share our love with our chimp friends and the wonderful community that’s happened all around them.”

And the staff at CSNW is especially grateful to our volunteers for making the community so great!

Celebrate!

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Yesterday, CSNW reached 2,000 fans on Facebook! We thought this was cause for celebration, so we threw an impromptu dinner party for the chimps. On the menu: whole watermelons, coconuts, tomatoes, plums, grapes, romaine lettuce, berries, and hemp milk. Everyone had a fantastic time — especially Jody, as you’ll see in the video.

Thanks for the support everyone, and check us out on Facebook if you haven’t already!