Recent and Select Media Stories
On the Radio
- Retired lab chimps move to a sanctuary near Seattle - but it's not easy -- KUOW (July 8, 2021)
- Chimps Alert Humans to Wildfire Burning In Central Washington -- Northwest Public Radio (July 3, 2016)
- Cle Elum chimp sanctuary brings fresh air, freedom to captive chimps -- KIRO Radio (May 12, 2015)
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest -- KYRS Nonprofit Spokane (March 28, 2015) interview with Co-Director J.B. Mulcahy
Magazine Coverage
- Almost Human: Chimpanzee Sanctuary -- 425 and South Sound Magazine (November 2019)
- Life Outside the Lab: Inside Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest -- Yakima Magazine (April, 2018)
- Fire at the Sanctuary of the Apes -- Seattle Met (November 2012)
- Why Is This Chimp Smiling? -- Seattle Met (December 2009)
Newspaper Coverage
- Chimpanzee sanctuary near Cle Elum continues work that began before pandemic -- Yakima Herald-Republic (May 4, 2022)
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest welcomes six new members to their family -- Daily Record (July 21, 2021)
- Local chimpanzee sanctuary plans growth for future -- Daily Record (February 9, 2019)
- Chimp research is over, but hundreds are still in labs. A tiny Washington sanctuary is helping them -- Seattle Times' Pacific NW Magazine (November 26, 2018)
- Improvements planned at Chimpanzee Sanctuary -- Daily Record (July 8, 2018)
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary NW in Cle Elum plans major expansion -- Daily Record (October 6, 2016)
- Unlikely Partners, Freeing Chimps From the Labs -- NY Times (July 8, 2013)
- Chimpanzee sanctuary celebrates five years -- Daily Record (June 13, 2013)
- Chimp sanctuary weathers fire -- Daily Record (October 10, 2012)
- Wildfire spooks chimps at Washington sanctuary -- Associated Press story that appeared in the Seattle Times and other outlets (August 14, 2012)
- Among the Animals: Chimps find sanctuary from experiments -- City Living Seattle (July 10, 2012)
- Chimps on the rise at Cle Elum sanctuary -- Yakima Herald (August 12, 2011)
- Who are the Cle Elum Seven? -- Seattle Times (August 25, 2008)
- Former Lab Chimps Find New Life Beyond Cages -- Seattle Times (August 25, 2008)
- The Cle Elum Seven savor their new lives -- Yakima Herald (July 6, 2008)
- Trial Separation-After decades of medical research, seven local chimps head west for retirement -- Philadelphia Weekly (July 2, 2008)
- Chimps settle into new home in Cle Elum -- Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA (June 16, 2008)
- Pant-hoots from Upper County's newest residents--Cle Elum-Seven chimps arrive -- Northern Kittitas County Tribune (June 13, 2008)
- Say goodbye to the Buckshire seven -- The Intelligencer (June 10, 2008)
- First chimps to arrive at WA sanctuary -- KOMO News (June 9, 2008)
Television Coverage
- "We owe them a better life," Local sanctuary offers new lease on life for chimps after years of biomedical testing -- KIMA, WA (August 10, 2023)
- The Lucky 6 -- NBC7, CA (September 9, 2021)
- Local sanctuary welcomes six new chimpanzees home -- KIMA, WA (July 7, 2021)
- Chimpanzee sanctuary hoping to expand and provide homes for more animals -- KIRO, WA (May 19, 2019)
- Chimpanzee sanctuary in Cle Elum give chimps a second chance at life -- KIMA, WA (March 27, 2019)
- Demolished CWU building to help chimps in Pacific Northwest -- KAPP-TV, WA (January 31, 2018)
- Unique Cle Elum chimp sanctuary works to expand -- KAPP-TV, WA (October 6, 2016)
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is looking to expand its facilities -- KNDO/KNDU, WA (September 29, 2016)
- Where seven chimps are living out their post-lab days -- PBS NewsHour, National (September 15, 2016)
- The Chimps of Cle Elum -- KCTS 9, WA (August 8, 2016)
- Chimpanzee Experience Continues Long After Famous CWU Chimps Have Left -- KNDO/KNDU, WA (April 20, 2015)
- Wash, sanctuary applauds decision to release 300 research chimps -- KING 5, WA (June 26, 2013)
- Chimps taste 'next best thing' to freedom in Wash. state -- KOMO News, WA (September 25, 2011)
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary NW on Evening Magazine -- Evening Magazine, KING 5, WA (September 28, 2009)
- Chimps Made Honorary Citizens of Cle Elum -- KING 5, WA (June 11, 2009)
- Living with Chimps -- Today Show spot with CSNW Executive Director as the expert voice on why chimpanzees should not be pets (March 2, 2009)
- Chimp Sanctuary -- KCTS Connects, PBS, WA (January 23, 2009 replayed July 1, 2011)
- Retired Research Chimps -- ABC World News (October 15, 2008)
Online Coverage
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest Interview - "Great Talks With" Podcast interview #500
- Winning Artwork is Absolutely "Fabulous" -- NAVS Magazine, online edition (November 15, 2022)
- A local expert weighs in on the chimpanzee attack in Oregon -- KIMA (June 24, 2021)
- Retired lab chimps find an unlikely sanctuary in Central Washington -- Crosscut (August 30, 2018)
- Rescued Chimp's Dolls Make Her Feel Safe -- The Dodo (February 18, 2018)
- You gotta troll with it! Rescued chimpanzee plays with brightly color hair dolls at a sanctuary after being saved from a life of medical experiments -- Daily Mail (October 17, 2016)
- Sanctuaries across US prepare for influx of lab chimpanzees -- Associated Press (September 22, 2016) (This story was picked up and carried in several print and online publications)
- Heartbreaking pictures show Foxie the former laboratory chimp mothering troll dolls after all her own babies were taken away from her in captivity -- The Daily Mail (November 23, 2015)
- Former Lab Chimp Whose Babies Were Torn From Her Bonds With Troll Dolls -- Huffington Post (November 19, 2015)
- Chimp With Darkest Past Takes Comfort In Tiny Troll Doll -- The Dodo (November 18, 2015)
- Sanctuary chimpanzee artists are competing for your vote -- various outlets (August 14, 2013)