Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Hope. Love. Home. Sanctuary
Many thanks to Tom Hodge for sponsoring a day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees in honor of Caleb and Camden!
Caleb and Camden, we hope you have a wonderful day! Thank you so much for helping make a difference in the chimpanzees’ lives!
Jamie and Burrito:
Honey B and Dora:
A Burrito and Jody pretzel:
Burrito and Foxie:
Willy B and Rayne:
Since Lucky’s group is still new to all of us I thought it would be fun to do another chimp ID. Who better than Lucky to do it with! Lucky is really special. As we get to know her, she is super fun and really silly. There is something in Lucky’s eyes too, they are warm and inviting. She really is just awesome!
Lucky seems to like these scarves we put out as enrichment.
Lucky has no white marks or freckles on her face, but she does have a distinguished white beard.
Lucky isn’t a small chimp, she has a little belly that moves around when she breathy pants, it’s the best!
Lucky has very kind eyes and loves to make deep eye contact with you.
From certain angles Lucky reminds us of Washoe, sometimes Lucky looks just like her!
But Lucky really looks like her full sibling Cy! Lucky has a large browridge, which is why she looks like her brother.
But looks aside there is no one in the world like Lucky, as I said before she is a really special individual!
Happy Birthday to our September friends!
We are so thankful to each of you, our amazing supporters, and sending out monthly birthday wishes gives us an extra opportunity to celebrate *you* and express our deepest gratitude to you for the myriad of ways you have chosen to make a lasting difference for the sixteen chimpanzees and four bovines who call CSNW home. Whether you are able to donate monetarily or with in-kind gifts, volunteer your time, attend our events, share your love of the chimps and cattle with others, follow us here on the blog and social media, or any of the countless additional ways you contribute your support, please know it’s only because of you that their lives here in sanctuary are possible and we are so humbled that you choose to share your own lives with all of us.
On to the celebrations! You lucky September-born humans get to celebrate your special month with the stunning Annie and Meredith! Two good omens if ever there were any!
Dear Annie was most likely born in the wild in 1974 and we celebrate her birthday on September 10th. She’ll be turning 47 beautiful years young!
And we will be celebrating gorgeous and independent Miss Meredith turning 6 years old on September 23rd!
Both of these women, though very close with their respective friends and families, have wonderful adventurous and independent streaks!
Annie, though typically attached at the hip to her best friend, Missy, can also be found enjoying the view and her solitude at the top of Young’s Hill, or nesting in the greenhouse on a warm summer evening as she dozes off while looking out over the hill.
And while Meredith keeps her family in sight…(In the creek with her mama, Honey):
…more often than not she can be found facing, going, or standing in another direction, or somewhere else entirely!
And there are two additional special birthdays in September I’d like to share for celebration!
Negra’s daughter, Angel, who lives at one of our fellow NAPSA (North American Primate Sanctuary Alliance) member sanctuaries, Save the Chimps, in Florida, and will be turning 36 on September 4th. Can’t you just see her mama in her gorgeous face?! (Photo: Save the Chimps):
Negra:
And Andrea (the 2nd), who also lives at Save the Chimps, is Jody’s beautiful daughter (sharing Jody’s patented relaxed lip!) and she will be turning 31 on September 30th. (Photo: Save the Chimps):
Jody:
As is the case with all of Negra, Jody, Annie, Missy and Foxie’s now adult children who are still living, we are profoundly grateful that these two beautiful chimpanzee women are safe in sanctuary where they are loved and cared for as the unique individuals they are. And that is reason to celebrate.
Thanks so much to wonderful chimpanzee friend, Kathy Featherstone, for sponsoring a special day of sanctuary in memory of her mother, Jeanne. We’re always touched when people choose to include the chimpanzees in their lives, special celebrations and memories.
“In remembrance of my mother. As a busy mom of seven children, she took time out of her day to watch National Geographic specials with her youngster daughter sharing in the awe and delight of an Englishwoman’s journey in Tanzania and her observations of our closest relatives. Here’s to all the amazing women of the world and the inspiration they share with all of us. And yes my mom was both the “Boss lady” Jamie, and “Queen Negra.” She would have loved getting to know all the wonderful ladies and gentlemen of CSNW.”
We hope your heart is filled with joyful and comforting memories as you honor your mom and her lovely legacy, Kathy.
Jamie:
Negra:
