Ellen said it best yesterday, “We celebrated our forever valentines”. Cy loved the mail box this caregivers made for him, full of his favorite thing, but especially his paper hearts of him and Stanley Tucci. Please enjoy this video of Cy, Terry, Willy B, Gordo, Honey B, Mave, Lucky, Rayne, and Dora enjoying all their special treats yesterday!
Archives for February 2025
Valentine’s Day with Burrito and Friends
Happy Valentine’s Day! Today we celebrated our forever valentines (the chimpanzees of CSNW) with a lovely party planned and prepared by caregiver Jenna! Jenna threw an amazing party, complete with chocolate pudding covered strawberries, fruit-filled ice treats, acai smoothie bowls with berries and homemade granola, chow cookies, and edible flowers in pools of gatorade. She also made mail boxes for Jamie and Cy (the resident book worms) where staff and volunteers could write notes for the chimps (or in Cy’s case, cut out pictures of people from magazines, his favorites!), and banners with photos of the chimps. Check out the video to see Burrito, Missy, Foxie, Negra, Annie, and Jamie enjoy all of their special goodies, and come back tomorrow to see Cy and friends enjoy their party!
For my one true love valentine, Burrito!
Happy Valentine’s Day, everyone!!
We are sending out our heart felt gratitude to Paulette Wrisley for her long-time support of each of the chimpanzees, and for sponsoring this special Valentine’s Day of sanctuary for none other than her Pal, her “one true love valentine, Burrito!” Paulette has been graciously sponsoring each of the chimpanzees’ birthdays for some time now and never fails to lift our hearts.
It’s safe to say Burrito (understandably) has many adoring fans. He can be wild and raucous at times, but his super-powered resilience and ever-endearing charms buoy all our hearts along in his wake. We love him so.
Preparation for the chimpanzees’ big Valentine’s Day bash has been underway for days with some amazing treats on the menu, so be sure to tune in later today to see what happens!
And for everyone who has registered for this morning’s Valentine’s Day Virtual Visit (at 9:00 am/PST 12:00 pm/EST) for breakfast and the morning shifting routine with the chimpanzees, thank you!! See you soon!!
A Week at CSNW
It’s been a busy week in the chimp house here preparing for Valentines Day tomorrow but not so busy that we didn’t have time to collect an assortment of videos to share with all of you!
Happy Birthday, Meg!
This is such a lovely day of sanctuary, from mother to daughter, from Cynthia Cavalle for Meg Casey:
“Happy Birthday, Meg, and on your special day, I are sponsoring a day at CSNW for our buddies! (Love you, Burrito!) Congratulations, Meg, on your very positive year at school and thank you for your continued support to those in need. We make a good team-couldn’t do it without you! I’m so excited about another summer visit to visit our BFF’s at CSNW! Love you! Mom”
Happy, happy day to you, Meg! May it be the best one yet!
Thank you so much, Cynthia, for such a beautiful celebration of your daughter and for the love you both hold for the chimpanzees!
Lucky and Rayne:
Dora and Honey B:
Annie and Missy:
Burrito:
New Veterinary Laser
We recently received our own veterinary laser, thanks to our amazing donors!
Previously, we have been using a laser from Dr. Erin, to help treat inflammation, wounds, and/or help with pain management. However, we didn’t have one that was ours until now! We are so thankful for the donors who made this happen. It will be so helpful to have this technology in the clinic on a day-to-day basis and always having access to it.
Check out today’s blog (starring the new laser) here!
Thank you!
The beauty of a greenhouse
This morning we woke up to negative Fahrenheit temps in Central Washington. The staff shivered their way to work to find the chimps cozy in their indoor nests. With chilly temperatures like today, we fire on the diesel heaters that pump in warm air to the greenhouse enclosures and give the chimpanzees more space options as we clean their enclosures.
Conveniently, cold days like this one are often paired with a blindingly bright winter sun that takes over keeping the greenhouses warm after the heaters are retired for the day. These sun filled spaces are the most popular afternoon hangout areas.
Mave grooming Cy in Greenhouse 3.
Honey B in Greenhouse 2
Negra and Jamie in Greenhouse 1
