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Dusty Cavaliere

A Tomato Connoisseur

May 28, 2026 by Dusty Cavaliere 8 Comments

One of the most delicious things about summer is eating fresh tomatoes from the vine. But, did you know there is a proper way to eat a tomato?

Learn from Cy, the tomato connoisseur!

Filed Under: Burrito, Cy, Gordo, Honey B, Missy, Sanctuary, Terry Tagged With: Burrito, Cy, Gordo, Honey B, Missy, Sanctuary, Terry, tomato, tomatoes

Spring in the Chute and Bray

May 7, 2026 by Dusty Cavaliere 10 Comments

We’ve been having some lovely weather in the Pacific Northwest this past week which means we all want to spend time outside. Come see who’s enjoying the chute and the Bray!

Filed Under: Cy, Dora, George, Honey B, Mave, Rayne, Sanctuary, Terry, The Bray Tagged With: Bray, chimpanzee sanctuary, chute, Cy, dora, george, Honey B, Mave, Rayne, spring, Terry

Dancing Queen

April 17, 2026 by Dusty Cavaliere

Negra has always loved when her caregivers dance for her. She is great at finding the beat and grooving along with us. I personally don’t know where this came from but her passion for rhythm has sparked silliness and laughter in all of us to entertain her with our good and bad dance moves.

See that girl, watch her gleam, she’s our Dancing Queen!

Filed Under: Negra, Sanctuary Tagged With: chimpanzee sanctuary, dance, Negra, negra dance

The Chimp Olympics

April 4, 2026 by Dusty Cavaliere

Welcome to the Chimp Olympics! See who surprised us with their gold, silver and bronze performances.

Filed Under: Annie, Burrito, Foxie, George, Honey B, Jamie, Negra, Willy B Tagged With: Annie, Burrito, chimpanzee sanctuary, Foxie, Honey B, Jamie, Negra, Sanctuary, Willy B

Just Five More Minutes

March 28, 2026 by Dusty Cavaliere

Do you ever have one of those mornings where you’re just not ready to get out of bed? All you want to do is pull the covers over your head and hide from the world.


Just five more minutes . . . pleeeeeease!


But you get a strange feeling that someone is staring at you.

Maybe your dog or cat or child or maybe an annoying caregiver?

You decide to take a quick peek to see who’s there.


Oh, it’s you.


“Yes, it’s us,” said the Squishmallows, “we’re hungry.”


It’s too early for breakfast, go away.


You yawn,


a big yawn,


snuggle up,


and go back to sleep.


“Fine, we’ll help ourselves.”

Filed Under: Negra, Nesting, Sanctuary Tagged With: chimpanzee sanctuary, Neggie, sleep

Wacky Winter

March 14, 2026 by Dusty Cavaliere

It’s been a wacky winter in the Pacific Northwest! Sunshine in February, snow in March. Let’s take a walk together around Young’s Hill and see what the weather will do.

Filed Under: Annie, Burrito, Jamie, Missy, Sanctuary, Young's Hill Tagged With: Annie, Burrito, chimp sanctuary northwest, Jamie, Missy, weather, winter, young's hill

Love for Betsy and Honey

February 18, 2026 by Dusty Cavaliere

Today, as part of our Valentine’s Day series, let’s fall in love with Betsy and Honey.

I wanted to share about Betsy and Honey together because they are the bovine moms of our sanctuary pastures (Betsy is mom to Nutmeg and Honey is mom to Meredith) and they are both foodies. But what I love most about these two wonderful bovines is their personalities are so very different!

If you find your heart bursting with love after today’s video, you can become a bovine buddy by visiting the link here.

Filed Under: Betsy, Cattle, Honey (Cow), Meredith, Nutmeg, Sanctuary Tagged With: Betsy, cattle, chimpanzee sanctuary, Honey, Meredith, Nutmeg, support

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