Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Fourth of July Celebration

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Yesterday got a little hectic, as often happens when working with chimps, so we decided to postpone our Fourth of July Celebration until today. Brandon Wood (check out his blog!), our amazing 9-year-old supporter, sponsored our party in honor of supporter Theresa Strunk’s birthday (surprise, Theresa!). He sent this awesome box of goodies for the party.

We feel horrible we couldn’t do the party on her actual birthday, but hopefully we’re making up for it now! It was a great party!

For the forage, we set out blue cups filled with red Gatorade and soy milk (red, white, and blue!)

And Brandon found this awesome Elmo pinata, which we filled with cherries and nuts!

…which Jamie, of course, thoroughly enjoyed!


But Jody managed to steal a few of the last bites. 🙂

Brandon also sent several Kong toys, which I filled with peanut butter. Annie LOVED it!

Thanks again, Brandon! And Happy (belated) Birthday, Theresa!! 🙂

Cute chimps!

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The weather has been so wonderful today! After breakfast, I caught nearly everyone out in the greenhouse either grooming or resting. We have some pretty cute chimps here at CSNW. 🙂

Missy and Foxie grooming:

Foxie:

Annie:

Sleeping Negra:

Sunny summer weather= playful, happy chimps!

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Here’s a pretty cute video I caught yesterday with Missy and Burrito playing. Just before this (and before I had a chance to get the camera) Missy had covered herself (head and all) with a pink blanket, and was chasing Burrito around the playroom. She looked like a pink snuffaluffagus! 🙂

Jody’s sweet face

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Diana took some pretty awesome pictures of Jody cuddling with a giant stuffed dog the other day. You may have seen it on Jody Chimpanzee’s facebook page, but I wanted to share them here. So adorable!

New Chimps’ Choice Item!

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We received such a wonderful response to last month’s Chimps’ Choice item, Protein Powder, which we add to the chimpanzees’ breakfast smoothie. Thank you so much to all who participated! This month, we’ve taken inventory and are in need of chewable vitamins and acidophilus, which are both available on our Amazon Wishlist. We appreciate all brands, however, we would like to request that they be vegan (no gelatin) and definitely chewable! As a thank you, we will send the first 10 people to donate between today and July 15th a ChimpSanctuaryNW.org bumper sticker. What a great way to support the sanctuary and get the word out! So, ready… set… go! 🙂

Window installation day

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Window installation day was last Friday, so the chimps had to be locked out of the playroom for the entire day. I did all I could to keep them busy so they wouldn’t get too bored or anxious during the construction, though they really didn’t seem to mind and were pretty interested to see what was happening. I put out tons of raisin boards, prepared by volunteers Jennifer & Larry the day before, which kept them busy for a while.

Burrito seemed pretty sure there was no better place to be that day than sitting in the window in the outdoor area looking into the playroom.

He even spied on the workers by looking at them in a mirror.

He doesn’t have a lot of guy friends, after all…

Missy checking out the construction: (Doesn’t she look young in this picture?!)

And the next day, the chimps finally got to take a look out their new clear picture window.

Burrito:

And of course, Negra: