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New Annie Hoodies are SO COOL

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Colin Redmon of redskye design has outdone himself with the new Annie hoodies. Colin created the Annie illustration and modified it specifically for the hoodie.

He spent two days in his uninsulated, mostly unheated shop finishing up the screenprinting when it was about 10 degrees outside.

The hoodies themselves come from econscious and are 80% organic cotton and 20% recycled polyester. They are durable, comfortable and warm.

At $35 a piece, these are a cool bargain.

Check them out below and buy in the online store while they’re still available.

Thankful Chimpanzees Video

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Click the image above or this link to find out why the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees are thankful
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We’ve got you covered – you can do all of your holiday shopping from home!

Visit the online store for special holiday deals on sanctuary merchandise. Sales and new items – hoodies, wine glasses and drink glasses, Burrito lip balm, calendars, Sanctuary: Year Two books, a t-shirt for your pup, perhaps? Plus a kids’ book by Karen Young, bumper stickers, tote bags and more.

And don’t forget to give the gift of Chimpanzee Pals and Sponsor-a-Days to all of your loved ones.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Levi and Brandon Wood’s video

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Today, Jody’s son Levi turns 27. He has been a research subject his entire life. The note in Jody’s file for this day twenty-seven years ago simply says, “Delivered healthy infant male #88 – removed & taken to nursery.” If she got a glimpse of Levi that day, it was probably the last time Jody saw her son.

Six weeks later, an adult male chimpanzee was transferred into Jody’s cage in the hopes of “breeding” her again.

Levi was among the unlucky group of chimpanzees who have already been moved from the Alamogordo Primate Facility to the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Learn more about the transfer of the Alamogordo chimps on Animal Protection of New Mexico’s FAQ page and learn how to help here: RetireTheChimps.org.

Also, for Jody and Levi, please support the Great Ape Protection Act, which would permanently retire all chimpanzees currently supported by the federal government and would ban the use of great apes in invasive biomedical research. Visit the HSUS TAKE ACTION link to contact your reps.

For inspiration, watch 10-year-old Brandon Wood’s video below. Brandon is one of the most active chimpanzee advocates out there. The dedication of someone so young is remarkable. You can follow Brandon through his blog, his Facebook page or on Twitter. Visit his sites and thank him for working so hard for chimpanzees.

Posts for climbing structures

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Keith came out for the day and he and J.B. spent a snowy afternoon preparing fir logs donated by Dan Sherman (thanks, Dan!) to be used as the posts for climbing structures on Young’s Hill.

Here are the logs and a view of a couple of the old buildings on the property.

logs

And here are some of them “planted” in the ground on Young’s Hill. They’re about 10-feet tall. We probably won’t be able to work on the climbing structures until spring, but it’s pretty cool to see the start of things going up on the hill. Thanks to Karen and Don Young, Euan and Bethany Menzies and all who donated toward the 2-acre habitat-to-come!

posts for climbing structures