No word yet on an air date for the national news piece. It could be a little while. We will definitely let everyone know when we hear!
I was just looking through some photos from yesterday. After lunch Jamie spent some time on the Treat Rock and I snapped a couple of photos of her investigating.
Even though I took the photo and saw this in person, it’s still a little unreal that the chimpanzees are now on Young’s Hill. They look so small out there, and so natural. I can’t wait to see what they do today!
Has Jamie used a stick to fish out treats from the termite holes? What kind of treats do you have hidden in the rock?
I love seeing her out in the wide open space.
We put peanut butter in the tubes. We had bamboo sticks around the rock. Jamie mostly tried to use the sticks as big straws. They are hollow, so maybe that was working for her. She moved on to other things fairly quickly, which was very telling – normally when presented with the dipping board that we used inside the building, she would spend an hour or so getting every last bit of food out of them. Now there’s so much else to do!
You’ve thought of it all for the chimps!
Jamie looks SO beautiful outside in nature! She is so into investigating now, she could become a Private Eye! Good for her and her friends!
She certainly looks like she belongs out there. It must almost be overload to the senses for some of them, but I’m sure it won’t take long until they all will love it. We’ve had some rain in Seattle, any there? Do you think they will want to go out when it rains? Phillip Cronje at Chimp Eden always mentions how the groups there are not too happy to be out on a rainy day.
Thanks for the updates and photo, Diana.
I’m still eagerly devouring all the stills you can possibly publish before the video becomes available. It’s amazing to see them like this – I can still remember a little over three years ago when I found CSNW through the news and watched the video of the cages being delivered to the Sanctuary with these seven inside – all the space they’d ever known for decades. I have the book you published after the first year describing their condition and how, after a year at the sanctuary, they were still coming out of years of psychological and physical abuse. And now I see this image of Jamie on a rock (or the one of Missy in the grass), surrounded by nature, and I think how wonderous, miraculous, generous and humane this has all been, and what a difference all of you have made to these seven lives.
Sara, you stated this so well, I heartily agree.
wonderful picture such a stunning background xxx
I would encourage all of us to go and find the news stories of them first coming to Cle Elum. They were emotionally damaged, some had pale hair, pale faces, and lifeless eyes. I’m amazed that they look like they’ve lived in the wild all of their lives in these photos.
Were any of the chimps freaked out to actually walk on grass?
No one has avoided walking on the grass, but some seem to walk funny on it, especially Burrito. He lifts his legs higher than necessary, like he wants to step down on the grass and not walk through it.
1) Now that they have all that space on Young’s Hill (YSH) I wonder if their displays will change any? When they’re inside they have things to throw or something to make noise on, the sound of feet slapping on the concrete and just the acoustics in the big room are an advantage. It’ll be so interesting to see how they’ll change now they are on YSH.
2) Who were all the people who worked on the termite mound, besides JB?
1) No displays yet. Burrito is cool as a cucumber out there 🙂 But we have been wondering the same thing.
2) They were with our welder’s company, Centerline Art Works. They built the treat rock for us.
This morning, while taking a shower, I found myself wondering exactly how tiny a 3×5 cage is. I realized that my shower stall/bathtub is about that size.
This thought, in contrast with your photos over the last three days, had me bawling while rinsing conditioner from my hair.
Thank you for sharing Young’s Hill with the chimps and the transition with us each day. You must be so busy and euphoric.
Such wonderfulness. Thank you for sharing this with us. Viva La Libertad!!