Many thanks to Lori Sheeran, Professor of Primate Behavior and Anthropology (and Board member and sanctuary volunteer!) for sponsoring this day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees and cows in honor of the following:
“Thank you to everyone at Central Washington University’s Museum of Culture and Environment for the beautiful exhibit honoring Washoe, Dar, Moja, Tatu, and Loulis! Thank you to museum director Karisa Terry; preservation and museum specialist Lynn Bethke; graduate students Caity Bailey and Candice Mendez; and museum staff and interns Cormac Arenson, Zoe Hammer, Clarel Ruvalcaba, Winnie Killingsworth, and Rebecca Gutshall.”
Many of us had the joy of attending the exhibit’s opening during a recent day of events at Central Washington University, A Legacy in Every Gesture: Celebrating CWU’s Primate Program, honoring Washoe and her family, their profound legacy, and the continuing Primate Program. Diana wrote about this wonderful event here if you’d like to read more.
It was very special to see the primatology and local communities of the past many decades come together, putting so much heartfelt effort and care into honoring these amazing chimpanzee people and so many of the humans who are not only connected to the program, but have gone on to make a difference for chimpanzees, both in captivity and the wild.
Washoe (photo credit – Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute):
You may recall that Rayne is half-siblings with Tatu. Tatu and Loulis, the remaining members of Washoe’s family, reside at the Fauna Foundation in Quebec.
Jamie, enjoying her television:
Burrito and Foxie on Young’s Hill:
Cy enjoying his reading:
Amazing Honey B:
Thank you, Dr Sheeran!
(and Katelyn, thx– now we can see Beezus’ eye has FINALLY finished healing!)
Hi Linda,
In the interest of transparency, that’s an older photo of Honey B pre-eye injury. She’s fully healed now, but the injury site will always be noticeable at this point. “It adds to my street cred.” – Honey B, probably. 🙂
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Like she needed more street cred! :rofl::rofl::rofl:
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Thank you Ms. Sheeran for sponsoring this beautiful day in the neighborhood!
Thank You for your sponsorship today and for the wonderful partnership of CWU’s primate program with CSNW.
Oh, these photographs are absolutely beautiful! I know that I frequently write words to that effect, but, oh, that photograph at the very top of Her Majesty! She just looks so content surveying all which she rules of her Monarchy of Young’s Hill. There is lovely Washoe who I fell in love with mere weeks after I fell for the Cle Elum Seven. Beezie after a delicious meal of carrots (with the crumbs on her face to prove it), Cy no doubt reading about his beloved Stanley in a movie mag, and Tatu’s sister Raynie looking so pretty and poised. And, finally, Jamie sitting just as I am wont to do, one leg draped over ankle, while enjoying the latest installment of “Doctor Who.”
Thank you, Dr. Sheeran, for sponsoring this day of sanctuary, and thank you Katelyn for — as always — your perfect of photographs to share.
To be accurate, I am not for certain that Jamie is a Whovian, but since that show seems to have a very smart and devoted fanbase, it seems plausible that our Jamie would be a fan of The Doctor.
Thank you to Lori Sheeran for today’s sponsorship. Not only does it help CSNW, it honors Washoe and her family and everyone who took part in creating the exhibit. (I wish I could visit the exhibit. Would love just to see photos!)
Thanks Katelyn, for the photos of everyone. It is touching to see the resemblance between Tatu and Rayne and while Rayne doesn’t always look like Tatu, there’s something in this particular photo of Rayne that reflects her half-sister.
Thank you, Lori, for your continuous support and enthusiasm! :green_heart::rose::monkey_face::cow2: