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Progress on Young’s Hill

February 3, 2011 by Elizabeth

Yesterday J.B. and volunteers Steve and Rick braved the cold to frame the climbing structures that will be on Young’s Hill. (To learn about our plans for Young’s Hill, a 2-acre outdoor habitat for the chimpanzees, watch this video.)

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  1. Kathy Haydel says

    February 3, 2011 at 5:29 pm

    beautiful scenery up there. The chimps will absolutely love being outdoors. Thank you for all you guys do for the chimps.

  2. Denice says

    February 3, 2011 at 5:55 pm

    It’s so exciting to see work being done on Young’s Hill. In no time at all the CE7 will be under blue skies without bars or caging, for some it will be the first time in their life.

  3. Eric Dodge says

    February 3, 2011 at 6:40 pm

    Uh-uh, hooo, hoooOOOO, HOOOOOO, UH-uh!

  4. Julie Harding says

    February 3, 2011 at 6:46 pm

    I echo Eric’s post…..lol!!!

  5. marie cross uk says

    February 4, 2011 at 2:19 am

    oooooooooh so exciting i agree with Kathy those views are amazing , well done guys for braving the cold 🙂

  6. Jeani Goodrich says

    February 4, 2011 at 3:01 pm

    Amazing! The dream is coming true.

  7. nicole says

    February 4, 2011 at 5:34 pm

    they will have SO much fun out there! can’t wait to see them <3

    • marie cross uk says

      February 5, 2011 at 4:22 am

      i wondered can the chimps see any of the goings on ?

      • J.B. says

        February 7, 2011 at 1:45 pm

        Yes, they’ve been watching. The greenhouse panels are translucent, not transparent, so they don’t have a clear view. But in a couple months the wall panels will come off again and they will be able to see everything that is going on up there.

        • marie cross uk says

          February 7, 2011 at 3:52 pm

          thank you JB ! im sure they are fascinated i keep thinking what the reaction will be when its all complete , who will be first out etc ? i wonder if there will be any surprises x

  8. Gayle says

    February 5, 2011 at 9:17 am

    Soooooo exciting!!!!

  9. Theresa says

    February 5, 2011 at 1:36 pm

    Woot!

  10. Rita says

    February 5, 2011 at 4:27 pm

    YIPPEE!

  11. MS says

    February 7, 2011 at 12:06 pm

    Will you use an electric fence to keep the chimps from wandering away?

    Forgive my ignorance but, are there any dangers from nature out there (bears, wolves, etc.) that might pose a danger to the chimps? Sorry, I don’t know what roams around the Cle Elum area.

    • J.B. says

      February 7, 2011 at 1:52 pm

      Yes, Young’s Hill will be enclosed by two separate electric fences. The primary fence will be 15 feet tall, with the top 3 feet cantilevered inward. The secondary fence, 10 feet away from the primary, will be 12 feet tall and will be a continuation of our current fence that surrounds the facility. The secondary fence acts as a backup, in case there is ever a failure of the primary fence.

      We do have mountain lions here, and probably bears although I’ve never seen evidence of them on our property. But the two electric fences will keep everything but birds and burrowing animals out of the chimps’ enclosure.

      • marie cross uk says

        February 7, 2011 at 3:56 pm

        should be interesting when we have visited monkey world her ein the UK ive seen chimps catch birds rabbits and even frogs in their enclosures , these tend to be played with or worn as an accessory on the head or round the shoulders as in the case of a rabbit 🙂

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