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Archives for June 2011

where in the world is Elizabeth?

June 29, 2011 by Diana

Regular blog readers may have noticed a lack of posts from caregiver Elizabeth lately. Elizabeth had a bit of a tumble in April while cleaning in the greenhouse and broke her heel. She’ll be doing some office time as she recovers from what we’re calling her bionic woman surgery – she is now the proud owner of various metal screws, plates and pins in her left foot.

Jackie spearheaded volunteers to pitch in funds for the purchase of an iPod for Elizabeth to stave off boredom, and she’s used Facetime and videos to keep up with the chimps, who all miss her very much (Burrito in particular).

Debbie Metzler, who was one of our first volunteer caregivers, is filling in as a paid part-time caregiver until Elizabeth can return to working in the chimp house.

Because she dared me to make this pun, I will conclude by saying that we all are hoping she will HEEL soon.

Filed Under: Caregivers, Volunteers

you take my troll doll and…

June 28, 2011 by Jackie

Foxie and Jamie really love to play “troll keep away”, and they seem to get more and more creative with it all the time:

Filed Under: Enrichment, Foxie, Jamie, Play, Sanctuary, Trolls

Love

June 26, 2011 by Jackie

There’s nothing like a good friend to cheer you up:

Filed Under: Annie, Missy, Sanctuary Tagged With: Annie, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee retirement, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, csnw, Missy, Sanctuary

Enrichment for who?

June 25, 2011 by Jackie

Because of her extreme intelligence, Jamie is a hard chimp to enrich. But I am certainly up for the challenge.

As I know we’ve mentioned before, enrichment comes in many different shapes and sizes. It’s not just the toys, blankets, and clothing we put out each day. It could be the way they are put out, or what they decide to do with them that is the enriching part. It’s all about creativity, both the caregivers’, and the chimps’ themselves.

We put out new enrichment for the chimps each day, and we have an enrichment calendar to help keep things different and fresh. I try to update this regularly and to keep coming up with new ideas, either from volunteers, things I’ve seen at other sanctuaries, or more importantly, from what I’ve seen these chimps do, themselves. That, to me, is the most important part of being a good caregiver– knowing the individuals in your care. It’s truly a symbiotic relationship. And these guys inspire me each and every day.

The enrichment calendar can sometimes look like a joke to those preparing for the next day– “things that rhyme, aka Dr. Seuss Day”, “enrichment hanging from scarves”, “square things”, “troll heads in buckets”, “everything red”… A lot of it sounds crazy. But the point is not that the chimps particularly love “square things”, but to force us to “think outside of the box”, so to speak, and to shuffle around the enrichment that we have so that the chimps are always getting something new and different (we have A LOT of enrichment!).

Lately, I’ve discovered that if you leave the toys in a big pile (rather than scatter them), the chimps have a tendency to go through each and every thing- picking things up, smelling them, biting them, wearing them, etc… and that’s exactly what happened today.

Jamie made herself comfy and spent about an hour and a half going through the enrichment pile.

She carefully picked up each thing

and of course there were boots in there!

At some point, she decided to wear the apron that friends Margaret and Karen recently gave her, and has been wearing it all morning. While wearing it, I even caught her briefly sweeping up some nut shells with her hand!

Even a sheet became interesting:

I have to say it is very rewarding when you come up with an idea that actually entertains and even inspires the chimps to do something interesting with it. Today, I felt like I got a big pat on the back from Jamie.

and that’s a very special thing.

Filed Under: Enrichment, Jamie, Sanctuary, Volunteers Tagged With: chimp enrichment, chimp rescue, chimp sanctuary, chimpanzee, chimpanzee retirement, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, csnw, Jamie, Sanctuary

Burrito’s photo shoot

June 24, 2011 by Diana

I took these photos yesterday during the quiet afternoon. I generally take a ton of photos and delete most of them. When I looked through this series to edit and delete, however, I had a difficult time selected photos to trash.

So, let’s just call it a Burrito photo shoot:

Burrito photo shoot 1

Burrito photo shoot 3

Burrito photo shoot 4

Burrito photo shoot 5

Burrito photo shoot 6

Burrito photo shoot 7

Burrito photo shoot 2

 

Filed Under: Burrito, Sanctuary Tagged With: Burrito, captive, chimp, chimpanzee, Cle Elum, northwest, photo, Sanctuary

Porthole

June 23, 2011 by Diana

The new ladder (click on link to left for video of Jamie and Foxie’s reaction to the new ladder) has created a new space for Jamie to keep an eye on things:

Jamie looking through "porthole"

 

Filed Under: Construction, Jamie Tagged With: animal rescue, chimp, chimpanzee, northwest, primate, Sanctuary

Troll Hockey

June 20, 2011 by Jackie

I played a little troll hockey with Foxie this morning. It’s hard to say because it was a close game, but I’m pretty sure she won. 🙂

Filed Under: Caregivers, Enrichment, Foxie, Jamie, Play, Sanctuary, Trolls Tagged With: Animal Welfare, chimp, chimp enrichment, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee retirement, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, csnw, Enrichment, Foxie, Jamie, primate protection, primate rescue, Sanctuary, troll

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