Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Archives for March 2023

Welcome Sabrina!

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Last month we added our newest staff caregiver Sabrina to the team! Sabrina comes to CSNW with a wealth of  experience from her former job at Chimp Haven in Shreveport, Louisiana.  The last few weeks she has been learning our cleaning and safety protocols and starting to sow the seeds of friendship with the chimpanzees.  Next on the training docket she will learn to operate the remote doors and shift the chimps around their enclosures for cleaning.  At that point she will also take on the task of blog writer and get the opportunity to thoroughly introduce herself to all our followers.

Welcome aboard Sabrina, we’re so lucky to have you!

Lucky and Terry investigate Sabrina’s boots:

Lunch has been served!

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Please enjoy today’s video of lunch with Cy’s group! Volume up for the ultimate food chewing noises.

If you liked today’s video, you may enjoy our virtual event we are hosting this weekend!

Join us this Sunday, March 26th at 1:00pm PST to virtually watch the Cle Elum Seven have lunch! Reserve your spot here: https://tinyurl.com/CleElumSevenLunch

Also, we are in need of many things from our Amazon Wishlist! The Wishlist is a way to directly help the chimps. Link here!

Two is Better than One!

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Today was absolutely beautiful! The sun was out, the chimps were enjoying their warm greenhouses, and the seven had another lunch Hill forage! I know I always talk about little moments in the chimp house: the moments that just kind of make your heart melt and remind you how grateful you are that these chimps are in sanctuary. Today was full of those little moments.

1. Negra was the first chimp out of the raceway for the lunch forage! She was going everywhere trying to find the potatoes and chow. It was very nice to watch.

2. Annie, as you may know, has already been spotted with her sweatbands! Today, she was either wearing them or carrying them in her pelvic pocket (a hot pink and green one).

3. Lucky was also spotted wearing a green sweatband (not pictured).

4. Foxie gave me her doll through the raceway so that we could go take a quiet walk around a little bit of Young’s Hill.

5. One of our interns gave us a pair of her Doc Martins that Jamie had been eyeing for awhile. We gave Jamie those boots today and she seemed elated to have them <3!

6. Cy’s group were out in the greenhouses for most of the day, all grooming each other.

Bonus photos!

Negra on the Hill foraging:

Missy foraging:

Jody:

Foxie:

Burrito in the warm green house:

I hope you enjoy these little moments and Annie’s video :)!

Mave’s Menace

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Something spooked Mave in the Oakwood Greenhouse yesterday. Can you guess what it was?

Here are some bonus photos from today! Today’s was absolutely gorgeous with the weather in the 50s! So Negra’s group had a nice lunch forage on Young’s Hill!

Annie!

Jody!

And Queen Negra!

And Nutmeg for good measure!

Jamie’s New Book

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A supporter named Simon recently sent Jamie a very thoughtful gift in the form of a customized paperback about boots.

Please, May I Have Your Chow?

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There are so many sharable moments that happen in a day, but sometimes I’m not sure if a video is worthy of the blog. So, I thought if I added some cinematic flair to this story that I caught through the window while I was cleaning the Mezzanine, it would make it seem that much more blog-worthy.

If you didn’t know before, now you know what those white bags are for on our Amazon Wish List!

It’s almost Spring! Time to clean!

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Every morning, we divide up our caregivers and volunteers between the two sides of the building and assign cleaning roles. Today, I decided to show you all what a typical cleaning of Playroom 1 looks like! Fortunately for us, Jamie’s group was pretty clean the past 24 hours so we just had a quick spot clean upstairs and a full clean downstairs. They took it easy on us, for sure. The weather has been so enjoyable out that Jamie’s group has been enjoying spending the majority of their time out on Young’s Hill or in there cozy Greenhouse.

Once a week, we will scrub every area from top to bottom and use a disinfectant!

Missy and Burrito intertwined while grooming in their Greenhouse: