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Archives for December 2011

Thank YOU for an amazing year

December 31, 2011 by Diana

Find out what the chimpanzees are wishing for in 2012:

Filed Under: Annie, Burrito, Foxie, Jamie, Jody, Missy, Negra, Thanks, Young's Hill Tagged With: animal, chimp, chimp rescue, chimpanzee, csnw, northwest, Sanctuary, shelter, welfare

B’s day

December 30, 2011 by Debbie

Burrito’s birthday is just a week away! Let’s make Mr. B’s-day super great. Find out how you can become Burrito’s Pal, or Sponsor his B-day! His favorite thing in the world is food—of all kinds. Here’s a few photos of B’s cute food face:

And we can never forget Burrito’s pumpkin head from this year’s Halloween party:

Filed Under: Burrito, Food, Sanctuary Tagged With: animal protection, animal rights, Animal Welfare, Burrito, chimpanzee retirement, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, csnw, Sanctuary, Sponsor-a-day

Jamie helps clean up

December 29, 2011 by Debbie

As we’ve mentioned before, Jamie is particularly human-oriented. (Read this post from the first week Jamie was in sanctuary). She definitely watches us do things and will do them in her own style later. Jamie also likes to check up on any kind of work that’s been done and once she’s given access to a room that was previously closed off for maintenance, she will rush in to give her quality control tests.

In the first part of this video, you’ll see her cleaning up a recent paint job in one of the front rooms. We are replacing the benches, so you’ll see some primer on the wall in the spot where the bench used to be. In the second part of the video, Jamie is scrubbing a notably hard-to-reach spot. Clearly I did not do a good enough cleaning job! But I’m so glad to have Jamie’s help.

Filed Under: Enrichment, Jamie, Sanctuary Tagged With: animal protection, Animal Welfare, chimp sanctuary, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee sanctuary, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, cleaning, csnw, Enrichment, Jamie, primate protection, primate rescue, Sanctuary

Holiday Celebrations

December 28, 2011 by Diana

The celebrations continue at the sanctuary!

A lot of people have helped make all of the fun happen – including those who gave through our Holiday Gift Store.

Debbie put together a holiday recap of the festivities so far. Watch below. The chimpanzees thank you!

Filed Under: Annie, Burrito, Food, Foxie, Jody, Missy, Negra, Party, Sanctuary, Thanks

The Silent Sacredness of Young’s Hill

December 27, 2011 by Diana

It’s still amazing for the humans to see the chimpanzees on the two-acre hill, so we’re often silent too as we watch…

Filed Under: Annie, Chimpanzee Behavior, Foxie, Jamie, Jody, Missy, Young's Hill Tagged With: chimp, chimpanzee, csnw, northwest, Sanctuary, young's hill

Tangerine forage

December 26, 2011 by Debbie

For the big Christmas celebration yesterday, Diana, Elizabeth, and Seana put out some tangerines on Young’s Hill in addition to the ones strung on the Christmas tree. However I guess the chimps were too excited about the big party inside that they didn’t really go out and forage for the tangerines yesterday. So today, they were still hanging out there, frozen for sure. I decided to leave them because I know how excited the chimps get about frozen fruit. Turns out that Jamie was pretty much the only one willing to brave the cold for any length of time, so she ended up with lots frozen tangerines to herself!

Foxie quickly came out and grabbed one tangerine while Jamie was working on some by the bamboo:

Jamie decided to eat her collection in the warmth of the greenhouse.

Filed Under: Enrichment, Food, Foxie, Jamie, Sanctuary, Young's Hill

Best Christmas Ever

December 25, 2011 by Elizabeth

It’s been a very merry Christmas here at CSNW.  The chimpanzees started the day with a special Christmas breakfast of peanut butter rice balls, bananas, and smoothie.  After the playroom was cleaned, the real party began – complete with whole pomegranates and tangerines, new toys and blankets from friends Robbi and Dick Brown, Leslie Sodaro, and Joanne Pierce, and a Christmas tree decorated with popcorn and peanut strings and troll dolls.

Aside from the pomegranates, the tree might have been the star of the day.  Diana had the idea to suspend it a couple of feet off the ground, so it spun festively whenever someone touched it.  Burrito, in particular, seemed quite taken with it, as you’ll see below.

Filed Under: Chimpanzee Behavior, Food, Party, Sanctuary Tagged With: animal shelter, chimp, chimpanzee, christmas, csnw, morning, northwest, rescue, Sanctuary, shelter, tree

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