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Archives for April 2, 2020

What did I miss?

April 2, 2020 by Anna

This past Tuesday marked my first day back from maternity leave and let me tell you, it’s good to be back! As we all regrettably know, the world looks a lot different right now. A pandemic was definitely not part of my worries as I started to plan my return to work, but now it’s the biggest worry (of course it is for all of us). On the bright side, my chimp friends and my coworkers are still here, right where I left them! The chimpanzees are still their reliable old playful selves and it’s great to see that their lives are relatively unaffected by the outside chaos.

Today Jamie made sure that I know nothing has changed on her watch.

Awkwardly sized boot on my foot…✔️

Perimeter walk around Young’s Hill…✔️

Gather a tumbleweed to use for some grooming time…✔️

In other news, we have some good changes happening around here. Chad, who was filling in for me during my temporary leave of absence, has agreed to stay on as a full-time permanent staff member! We’re feeling pretty fortunate that we get to keep him around!

Oh and this…My husband and I welcomed our daughter Luna Nyca Lockey to the world on January 2nd 2020. The chimps met her from a safe distance just a few weeks later. The highlights: Honey B was obsessed with her and really wanted her to come closer and Foxie was fascinated and shot a few mouthfuls of water her direction. My favorite moment was when Negra (pictured here) blew her a few kisses and head nodded a request to see her do some dancing (aka do a little bit of bouncing, the best a newborn can do).

Filed Under: Jamie, Negra, Sanctuary, Young's Hill Tagged With: Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Cle Elum 7, Jamie, Negra

Love a Moo Moo Day

April 2, 2020 by Katelyn

Amazing sanctuary friend and supporter, Monica Best, is sponsoring a day of sanctuary in a new celebration honoring our dear bovine family, Honey and her daughter, Meredith, and Betsy and her son, Nutmeg, and well, moo moos everywhere!

Monica is hoping this first annual Love a Moo Moo Day will allow everyone to get to know the lovely hoofed animals that share the sanctuary.

You can learn all about the four cattle by clicking on their individual pages from the cattle page on the website. They have a very interesting past, and we feel so very fortunate that we are able to care for them here at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest while they happily keep the grass trimmed. This summer, we’ll be giving them access to even more of the sanctuary property!

Nutmeg is now a big steer, it’s difficult for us to imagine him this size when he was born at Farm Sanctuary’s California shelter:

Baby Nutmeg nursing from Betsy (photo from Farm Sanctuary)
Nutmeg (left), his mom Betsy (right) at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

Nutmeg is much bigger than mom Betsy now, but he’s still a mama’s boy in the best way:

For her part, Betsy is a mom at heart and spends a lot of her time grooming her herd mates. The humans will do in a pinch:

Betsy licking J.B.

Honey, on the other hand, would prefer that the humans keep the appropriate social distance from her, unless they have some particularly valuable food, in which case she will lower herself to come closer.

Meredith (left), Honey (right)

Her daughter Meredith likes the occasional scratch, but has an independent streak. When we are watching the bovine family from the office, Meredith is often off doing her own thing.

Meredith

Just like their primate sanctuary counterparts, each of these four hoofed friends have individual personalities and charm!

Thank you to Monica for setting up a day to love them!

 

 

Filed Under: Cattle, Sanctuary, Sponsor-a-day Tagged With: animal shelter, bovine, cattle, chimp, Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, cow, farm sanctuary, rescue

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