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Lucky’s 30th Birthday Celebration

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How lucky are we all that we have Lucky Chimpanzee in our lives now?! As Katelyn described, she is a gentle soul with an ineffable charm.

Her lunch forage, as seen in the video above, also included cherry tomatoes, of course, as we have noticed that is one of her favorite foods. We didn’t get a lot of video or photos of Lucky because she, Rayne and Dora enjoyed the party upstairs while “the boys” partied on the first floor

I love these photos that Kelsi took after the party because they are so sweet and because I know she had to go to some lengths to take the photos through the upstairs window to that playroom.

Lucky is the chimp puddle in the front of the photo below, with Terry far left, Dora far right, Cy behind Lucky, and Rayne’s foot in the right corner:

Lucky and Rayne:

Rayne sleeping off that oatmeal:

Thanks goes to Chad for the party plans, Dr. Erin for the oatmeal idea, Kelsi, Anna, J.B. and Lizz for pulling off simultaneous parties in different parts of the sanctuary, and also to Paulette once again for sponsoring Lucky’s special day.

Happy Birthday, Lucky!

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“It’s our Lucky day!”, Paulette Wrisley shared when sponsoring this special day of sanctuary, and how true that is! We are thrilled to be celebrating Lucky, who’s turning 30 today, her first birthday celebration here in her new home at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest!

Thank you, Paulette! Your heartfelt dedication to honoring the chimpanzees and bovines on their birthdays has been amazing and truly touches our hearts!

In our recent November birthday wishes post, I shared a little of our joy and honor in getting to know Lucky and what a very special chimpanzee woman she is. We are most definitely the fortunate ones having Lucky and her family grace our lives. In the last year of Lucky’s life I would imagine that her world has changed and grown more than she could have ever imagined. That’s thanks to all of you who made it possible to welcome her and her family to their new home only a few months ago. In some ways, it still seems Lucky’s group has just arrived. But in most ways, none of us could imagine our lives without them.

Happy Birthday, beautiful Lucky! We love you so much! You are a gift in all our lives.

The gift of Lucky, self-wrapped in paper:

or a box:

or a beautiful scarf:

or a firehose:

Lucky is a quiet, joyful soul. Here she is playing with her good friend, Dora (lovely Rayne in the background):

I love this photo so much! Lucky, Dora and Rayne (who happens to be Lucky, Cy and Honey B’s half-sister!):

Thank you again, Paulette, for helping us celebrate this wonderful chimpanzee lady!

Naturally, party prep is underway in the chimp house, so be sure to tune in later to see the happenings!