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Happy April Birthdays!

April 1, 2022 by Katelyn

Happy Birthday, to all of you celebrating April birthdays! For all the wonderful and amazing ways you choose to be part of the sanctuary and the lives of those who call it home, we’re just so grateful to have you here, so grateful for *you*.

With our expanded family, it’s a strange month when we find no chimpanzee or bovine birthdays on the calendar. That does not, however, mean there are no parties! Of course we have Easter Sunday on April 17th and April 23rd is our official/unofficial annual holiday, Love a Chimpanzee Day! And though we may not have any sanctuary resident’s birthdays to celebrate along with you this month, well, non-human that is, (<<< hint of something fun to come, so keep your eyes out later in the month!), we expect all of you to add extra celebrations of your own in during the interim. You know the chimpanzees would approve. And we’ll be with you in spirit. And we always have some very special chimpanzees and bovines who we get to celebrate every moment of every day. Thanks to you!

Happy April! Happy celebrations! Happy spring (or autumn as the case may be, she said, Elphaba-green with envy.)!

Queen Negra:

Betsy:

Rayne:

Mave:

Jody:

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  1. Linda C says

    April 1, 2022 at 9:09 am

    Happy birthday to all!
    Does this mean JB is getting a big party!?
    I love Jo’s “table” photo. it always looks like you’re having tea with her, and she’s ready to spill it all!

    • Tobin says

      April 1, 2022 at 3:15 pm

      I love that photograph of Jody at the table, too. The way that she looks and how she posed it is as if she is engrossed in a conversation with one of her friends (Foxie, or Missy or Annie), intently listening to her and just about to make a point.

      • Linda C says

        April 1, 2022 at 4:25 pm

        And the added bonus is that it makes it easy to get photos of her. Photogenic Jo!

  2. Marya says

    April 1, 2022 at 10:39 am

    Well, Katelyn, this is truly thrilling! Somehow in years past I’ve missed the fact that Love A Chimpanzee Day, 4/23, happens to be on MY birthday!! What a wonderful early bday gift for me to know this. Wow! Thanks for this info and for these great faces. I love them all, of course, but do have some special soft spots in my heart for a few and Mave has become one of those, and Jody, and Cy, and Jamie (of course!) and Burrito (OF COURSE!) and … well, you get the drift of this.

    • Katelyn says

      April 2, 2022 at 7:26 pm

      Ah, that’s wonderful, Marya! Happy early birthday, and now we have even more to celebrate on Love a Chimpanzee Day! 🙂

  3. Paulette says

    April 1, 2022 at 11:40 am

    Happy Birthday to all Aprilites!

    :champagne_glass::birthday::gift:

    GREAT photo of Jody!

  4. Caroline says

    April 1, 2022 at 12:07 pm

    Beautiful pictures, thanks for the close ups of those gorgeous animals, and the flowers…Spring has sprung! I’m looking forward to the Easter celebrations and seeing all of the excitement for tasty treats! Thank you all for everything you do for these wonderful animals!
    P.S. Thanks for the shot of Betsy!

    • Katelyn says

      April 2, 2022 at 7:21 pm

      Thanks, Caroline! The chimps’ Easter celebration is always such a good one! 🙂

  5. Maureen says

    April 1, 2022 at 12:34 pm

    I love the photo of Negra. She looks so sweet, so vulnerable.

  6. Tobin says

    April 1, 2022 at 3:19 pm

    No foolin’. These photographs of flora and fauna alike are just beautiful. I especially enjoy the two of Negra, if for no other reason than I know how much she enjoys the coming of Springtime. I am always grateful that she and her six neighbors have been able to be outdoors at this time of year, and to be cared for by knowledgable and compassionate humans.

    • Katelyn says

      April 2, 2022 at 7:19 pm

      Negra is definitely our official spring-barometer, Tobin. After all these years we still can’t help but excitedly announce over the radio whenever there is a spring Negra-on-the-hill sighting. 🙂

  7. Linda C says

    April 1, 2022 at 4:27 pm

    I’m just happy that she’s up and about and waiting on breakfast! Always a good sign!

  8. Nancy Duryea says

    April 1, 2022 at 7:42 pm

    Happy Birthday to all humans celebrating their birthday this month. I love this picture of Betsy and her one white whisker and Mave looks so cute with her half smile and those bright eyes. Then there is Jody…she knows how to pose, she seems to be patiently waiting for tea or perhaps something a bit stronger?

  9. Kathleen says

    April 6, 2022 at 7:29 pm

    I just love these images of Negra.

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