Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Archives for October 2024

Five Facts about Terry

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1) Terry is an all around good guy. He’s loyal and easy going. He’s a popular grooming partner in his group and a popular chase partner with his caregivers.

2) Terry’s eating habits are also easygoing. He’s not a picky guy!

3) Terry likes to lick the back of our hands, instead of the traditional “chimp kiss.”

4) Terry loves to explore the Bray! We often find him heading out for adventures, both alone and with his friends.

5) Terry is a unique guy with a fluffy exterior and a freckled face. Jenna just pointed out to me he’s also shaped like a “C.”

PS! There’s still time to vote for the 2025 CSNW Calendar cover photo!

 

Around the Corner!

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Can you believe our favorite time of the year, Jamieween, is just around the corner? There is a whole bin filled up with new boots and books, all just waiting for Jamie’s big day. Thank you to everyone for donating gifts for Jamie’s 47th birthday! She is going to be very excited when she sees all her new boots!

With the big celebration coming up, Jamie needs her rest, so she snagged Negra’s nest in the green house:

A taste of what’s to come!

Bonus of Negra in her greenhouse nest this morning:

And DON’T FORGET!  We want you to help us choose the cover photo for our 2025 CSNW Calendar! You can vote once every 24-hours through the end of October, with the poll closing at 11:59pm PT on Jamieween!

Burrito in Low

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If we know anything about Burrito chimpanzee, we know that this guy is busy!  So busy running, playing, grooming, chasing, leaping, scooting, bouncing, skipping, hollering, foraging…you get the picture!  This guy never sits still!

So here is your opportunity to enjoy a few low key moments with our favorite energizer bunny!  A little lounging, a little nesting, and a very little bit of play.

How much do we love this guy?

Shout out to Jerrol’s for providing huge bags of recycled paper for all the papery fun these chimps are having these days!

And DON’T FORGET!  We want you to help us choose the cover photo for our 2025 CSNW Calendar! You can vote once every 24-hours through the end of October, with the poll closing at 11:59pm PT on Jamie-ween!

Happy Birthday, Becky, from Tobin!

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Many thanks to Tobin for sponsoring a day of sanctuary in celebration of her friend Becky! *(As you will note, this gift was intended for October 15h and it’s now quite past the 15th and we apologize for this oversight on our end! But everyone should have a birthday month really, so…).

Tobin shared this note about Becky:

“I am sponsoring today, October 15th, as a belated birthday gift to my friend Becky. Like Negra, Becky is one of these medical mysteries who is aging in reverse.

As readers of the sanctuary website will recall, it was six months ago today that David Attenborough (presumably) narrated a feature on a rare primate species, pan Hibenatus.

Now my friend Becky does not bear any resemblance to any of the residents at the sanctuary. Her hairdo is longer than Mave’s and she has more freckles than Terry. Nor does she resemble Neggie in any pronounced way.

Except in one aspect! When Becky isn’t caring for elderly humans, or running in footraces, or climbing mountain ranges, or canoeing through boreal forestlands, or mastering new languages to use when traveling abroad on mission trips, or supervising her very own wildlife sanctuary (in residence: three rescue cats, one rescue dog, and – contingent upon seasonal migratory patterns – pet peeves). Why, you’d almost think that, but for 1.24% of the requisite genetic material, that she, too, is one of those pan Hibernata; ‘spending the majority of her existence in an extended state of torpor’, as the narrator said.

With any luck, both Becky and our Royal pan Hibernata can be roused from their slumbers to experience what I hope will be a beautiful autumn day in their respective habitats.”

Happy Birthday, Becky! Hope it was a gorgeous day and continues to be a gorgeous month!

Terry:

Mave:

Meredith:

Gordo:

Story Time with Rayne and Cy

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This morning, caregiver Kelsi and I took turns reading a dinosaur story to Rayne and Cy. Cy enjoyed listening to us butcher their scientific names, while Rayne seemed to enjoy the pop-up pictures. Afterwards, we let Rayne have the book (Cy didn’t seem that interested anyways) and she enjoyed flipping through it at her own pace. She really loves these types of books! Anytime we put them in the enclosures, she always ends up with it. They don’t last very long without getting ripped up, but it’s fun while it lasts.

Exciting news!

We’re excited to announce that we want you to help us choose the cover photo for our 2025 CSNW Calendar! You can vote once every 24-hours through the end of October, with the poll closing at 11:59pm PT on Jamie-ween!