Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest

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Katelyn

In loving remembrance of Jody

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Heartfelt thanks to long-time friend of the sanctuary, Tracy Headley, for also sponsoring this special day in memory and celebration of beautiful, beloved Jody:

“In loving remembrance of Jody. In our hearts today and always.”

We chose to celebrate Jody’s honorary birthday on Mother’s Day in honor of the nine children she gave birth to while in biomedical research. Today would have been Jody’s 48th birthday and today we will celebrate her and all the mothers and their children in her family and sanctuary home, just as we always have. As Tracy lovingly shared, “today and always.”

Jody:

Negra:

Foxie:

Missy:

Annie and Jo:

Jamie:

Burrito and Jody:

Burrito, Jody, Negra, Jamie, Annie, Foxie and Missy:

Happy Birthday and Happy Mother’s Day, Jody. We love you more than words could ever say.

Happy Birthday, Isaiah!

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Many thanks to Heather Spear for sponsoring a day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees and bovines in celebration of Isaiah’s birthday!

“Happy Birthday, Isaiah!”

All of us hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks for helping to make a difference in the chimpanzees’ and bovines’ lives.

Jamie:

Cy:

Missy:

Honey B:

Willy B:

In memory of Jody

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Heartfelt thanks to Jen Wallace for sponsoring this day of sanctuary “in memory of Jody, a beautiful soul.”

Forever in our hearts and lives, Jo…

Jamie, Missy, Jody and Foxie:

Jody and Foxie:

Jody and Negra:

Jody and Annie:

Burrito and Jody:

Jody, Foxie and Annie:

Missy and Jody:

Happy Birthday, Diana!

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Long-time friend of the sanctuary, Tobin, sponsored this day of sanctuary in honor of co-director, Diana, in celebration of her birthday! Tobin writes:

“Back on the 1st day of April, I received a brief email from Jody. I had sent her an email a few days before in which I had congratulated her for having encouraged and provided moral support for Negra when the Queen asconded to her Throne atop Carlene’s Tower. ‘All in a day’s work’, Jody replied with an emoji of a dropped lip.

We chatted online for a bit, and I asked Jody if, on this first day of April, if she had any plans afoot for the last day of the month? She answered with a few more emojis of dropped-lipped smiles, and we exchanged ideas for how best to commemorate the big day, however surreptitiously.

I told Jody that I would pass the word on to my bud Meredith. ‘Ha!’, Jojo replied. ‘You know how teenage girls are with secrets!’ She advised me that Merrie’s ma would be a more trustworthy source for secret-keeping.

As for the troop next door, we immediately agreed that we had to keep Terry out of the loop until the end of the month: ‘Who knows what juicy gossip radio Terry is prone to broadcast in his Bronx cheers!’ Honey B often has a look of impending mischief on her face, and that would let the proverbial cat out of the proverbial bag. And Dora, we concluded, would just get too excited.

And thus, in full expectation that Lucky and Betsy could both keep a secret, and by Royal Decree of Her Royal Majesty, Negra the Great, it is hereby proclaimed that April 30, 2023 shall heretofore be sponsored in honor of Diana Goodrich. This gift of gratitude and appreciation is offered by her friends HRH Neggie, Annie, Missy, Jody, Foxie, Jamie, Burrito, Gordo, Dora, Honey B, Mave, Rayne, Cy, Lord Terry of Teeny Tiny, Lucky, Willy B, LouLou, Betsy, Honey, Barn Kitty, Abbey, Nutmeg, Meredith, Benny, and Nala. *(This typist took the liberty of including Nala, who most of you may not have met yet, but I’m sure will at some point. She’s the newest member to Diana and J.B.’s family, their first foster pup/foster “fail” 🙂 ).

In addition, quite a few human primates who have an association with the sanctuary are quite pleased with the life and work of Diana, and it is also with gratitude that we join the afore-mentioned residents of the refuge in wishing her a very happy birthday and a blessed new year of life.”

Happy Birthday, Diana!

Betsy and Diana:

Burrito:

Dora:

Jamie, Foxie, Burrito, Annie, and Jody:

Honey B, Rayne, and Cy:

Benny:

Diana and Jamie:

Barn Kitty:

Celebrating Earth Day

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Thanks so much to Michelle Vikander for sponsoring a day of sanctuary for the chimpanzees and bovines in celebration of Earth Day!

May you all find beauty in the world around you, wherever you may find yourselves, even for a moment.

Foxie and Orange Blossom:

Cy:

Burrito (and Annie and Missy below):

Jody:

Sweet Annie and her springtime waistband fashion:

Dora:

Honey:

Terry:

Missy:

Negra:

In memory of Dr. Steve Ross

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This day of sanctuary was sponsored in memory and celebration of “Dr. Steve Ross, friend to all chimpanzees.”

A year ago the primate community lost a giant of a human with Steve’s sudden death. Among his many other roles, Steve was the director of the Lincoln Park Zoo’s Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes. His legacy is unique and far-reaching, and not only for the chimpanzees he advocated so extensively for. As we think of Steve and all he helped make possible for so many, our special thoughts go out to his close friends and family who we know must be feeling his absence most acutely.

Heartfelt thanks to our anonymous friend who gave us all the opportunity to celebrate Steve today and the profound difference one life can make.

(Photo courtesy of Chicago Tribune/Jose M. Osorio).

Steve Ross in the Lincoln Park Zoo's Regenstein Center for African Apes in Chicago on June 1, 2018. Ross, who died April 20, was director of the zoo's Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes.

The first of our gentlemen chimpanzees, Burrito:

Gordo:

Terry:

Cy:

Willy B:

In honor of William Barey

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Heartfelt thanks to a wonderful friend of the chimpanzees and bovines, Marya Barey, for sharing this lovely day of sanctuary tribute in honor of her father, William Barey, with us.

“In gratitude to my father whose birthday is April 15. It was my parents’ appreciation of nature in all its forms that made it possible for me to grow up with a “reverence for life” (per Albert Schweitzer). Honoring all the sanctuary’s beings is a privilege and a constant joy.”

Your parents sound like a wonderful humans, Marya. Thank you so much for celebrating your father and his birthday with us today, for being part of our sanctuary family, and for reminding us of humans like William.

Burrito:

Mave:

Jamie:

Jamie and Burrito:

Negra: