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Archives for February 1, 2014

Negra with seeds on her belly

February 1, 2014 by Diana

It’s no secret that Negra has a big place in my heart. I first wrote about my love for her in this blog post from 2008, before the chimpanzees had made the journey across the U.S. to come to Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest. She has many endearing qualities, including her enjoyment in watching her caregivers dance (as shown in the Dancing with Negra video from 2009), the multiple stages of her droopy lip, and her love of the night bags that we give the chimpanzees after dinner each night (there’s a short video of Negra getting her night bag here).

As mentioned in this post, one of my favorite sights is a very content Negra eating her night bag while the shells of the seeds in the night bag drop on her belly. Tonight, I finally got a few good photos of just this. Negra has lost a little weight at the sanctuary, but, despite our attempts at rationing her food, she still has a buddha belly. She actually eats quite a bit less than the other chimpanzees and isn’t as food focused as, say, Burrito, but she’s also the least active of the chimpanzees. I consider Negra’s shape to be a pretty endearing quality in itself.

I hope these photos make you as happy as Negra with seeds are her belly makes me.

Negra with night bag

Negra eating night bag

Negra eating night bag

Negra eating night bag goodies

Negra looking at camera with night bag

 

 

Filed Under: Food, Negra, Sanctuary Tagged With: animal, animal sanctuary, Animal Welfare, chimp, chimpanzee, chimpanzee rescue, chimpanzee retirement, Cle Elum 7, Cle Elum Seven, csnw, Negra, northwest, Sanctuary, shelter

Today is for Gene and Chris Tonry!

February 1, 2014 by Katelyn

Today’s day of sanctuary was sponsored by Claire Tonry in honor of Gene and Chris Tonry! Claire shared the following message:

Gene and Chris are both students and scholars of ethics and philosophy. They became interested in the plight of chimpanzees in captivity after reading the compelling petition by the Non-Human Animal Rights Project aimed to allow Tommy to live at a true sanctuary like CSNW.”

Claire, thank you so much for your generous gift for the chimpanzees in honor of Gene and Chris! And thank you, Gene and Chris, for your interest in captive chimpanzees and the issues they face and for recognizing how very special they are.

The amazing Jamie Chimpanzee:

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