Here are a couple of photos of Burrito and Jamie looking at the new photo album of supporters. Please keep the photos coming! It’s been great for me to put together the album. Burrito seemed to like the photos of the dogs and cats and Jamie was pretty interested in the humans.
chimp rescue
Party Video
Housewarming Party
The chimps had a great time at their housewarming party today. Here are a few photos – more photos and video to come.
Annie enjoys some cattails:
Burrito opens his new lunchbox:
Foxie found a new doll, but hasn’t given up on Trixie:
Jamie got dressed up for the occasion:
Jody inspects her new pinwheel:
Negra with a flip flop:
And as the party wound down, Missy fell asleep wearing her sunglasses on top of her head:
Missy in a shirt
Annie with a shoe, Jamie with a bib
The Cle Elum Seven are some of the most stylish chimpanzees I have ever met …(p.s. more posts coming late tonight) 
Tips from the chimps – How to build a better drinking fountain
One of the many reasons why I love caring for chimpanzees is that they continually surprise me. This morning, Sarah and I opened the front rooms for cleaning, and we discovered that someone had modified one of their drinking fountains overnight, using a straw from their breakfast smoothie. It works much better now than it did before. J.B.
Jody, Missy, Burrito and the Great Ape Protection Act
This is what I think about when I look at the below photos of our new friends…
the seven individuals who have a new home in Cle Elum are truly some of the most interesting people I’ve ever met. They rely on me and their other caregivers to provide everything for them, and the truth is that we can never do enough to make up for what they’ve been through in their lives, but we will do our best to try. These seven people truly need all of us in order to provide them with a good life. That is why I am so eager to share their lives through this blog. I hope that you will continue to learn about them, laugh at their antics (especially when it involves me getting spit on), marvel at their intelligence, and contemplate their resilient nature.
When I look at these photos I also think about the chimpanzees who are still in laboratories. There are ways that you can help them too – one simple thing that you can do today is to contact your legislator and encourage their support of the Great Ape Protection Act. You can find more information here: http://ga1.org/campaign/gapa
Jody, Missy and Burrito (below) have been in sanctuary for 17 days. I would like be able to say that soon about all of the 1200 chimpanzees still in laboratories.
