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Big Step

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A big step forward for chimpanzees today. The NIH has decided to accept most of the Institute of Medicine’s recommendations proposed in January that include the retirement of the vast majority of chimpanzees supported by the federal government. Read the NIH press release here and the full report here.

Jody before and today

It is unfortunate that the NIH plans to hold fifty chimpanzees for possible continued research, as recommended by the IOM. We don’t see fifty as a generic number – we know that each of those fifty chimpanzees is an individual who should live out the rest of their life in sanctuary, but, overall, today represents  a leap forward for chimpanzees.  There will be no immediate breeding within that group of fifty and the NIH will revisit whether they believe it’s necessary to maintain that group in five years. The NIH also did not accept the  recommendation to provide 1,000 square of space per chimp for those chimpanzees who do remain in research – the NIH will be gathering more information on that recommendation.

Competition on the hill and Give Five update

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First, thank you for continuing to send the 5-year anniversary video to friends and colleagues. If you haven’t shared the video yet on Facebook, Twitter, by email, or whatever your preferred online network is, please do this weekend! The Give Five donations are still coming in, and we’re now up to $15,525! Every donation helps us to continue to provide quality care for the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees and to advocate for other great apes in need.

The wildlife on the property are also learning about the sanctuary. In addition to the deer who are quite familiar with our compost, the local crows have learned all about forages. They start swooping in when they see the humans walking around the hill. At first, the chimpanzees chased them off, but that must have grown tiresome. The chimps no longer seem bothered by their corvid neighbors, even as they fly away with a piece of chow or fruit.

crow on young's hill

The chimps just go about their business of foraging. Negra was quite adventurous this morning during the breakfast forage, even climbing up onto the shaky bridge again!

Negra on shaky bridge

Look at this contented face:

Negra stand on hill

 

negra in the grass

Burrito is a first-class forager:

burrito foraging on the hill

and probably most content when he is eating:

Burrito eating grapefruit on the treat rock

I posted a few more photos on some of the chimps’ Facebook pages earlier. I’m sure you’ve liked the sanctuary FB page, but have you liked all of the chimps on Facebook? On FB just type in their name followed by Chimpanzee and you’ll find their pages, or click on their images at the top of this page and you’ll see the link  to their FB page on the right side. Thanks for being their friends!

 

Buy photos of the chimpanzees

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The photo of Annie on the blog the other day was so popular I decided to resurrect our SmugMug account where people can purchase photos. I’ve added just a few photos so far. You can get prints, prints on canvas, and select merchandise from the store with the images you choose. Take a look here.

If there are specific photos you’d like to purchase that you’ve seen on the blog or website, send me the link to the photo by email ([email protected]), and I’ll try to make them available too!

Here are a few of the photos on the site now:

Foxie:

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Negra:

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Jamie:

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We’re Looking for a Development Manager

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Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest is hiring! We are looking for someone with fundraising experience to fill the brand new position of Manager of Development.

We are so excited to be expanding our staff with this very important role. Get all of the details on our Job Opportunities page or download the position description in pdf format here. If you have questions after looking over that material, email Jennifer.

Please share widely!

Jamie is looking forward to another staff member to boss around:

Jamie close up

 

Vida Vegan Con Galarama for the Chimps!

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Next weekend vegan bloggers nationwide are gathering in Portland, OR for Vida Vegan Con, arguably one of the coolest conferences out there. This year the vegan blogging conference has selected Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest to receive the proceeds from their silent auction event!

The silent auction, held at Saver Locomotive in Portland on Saturday, May 25th at 7:00pm, is not just a silent auction, it’s a “Galarama” that includes the So Delicious Diary Free Ice Cream Sundae Spectacular! Have you ever been to a Galarama or a Sundae Spectacular? I haven’t either! But J.B. and I will be there next Saturday to experience this for the first time.

The event is open to the public, so come see us, get your dairy free ice cream taste buds ready, and bid on some cool stuff to benefit the chimpanzees you love. If you’re not in Portland, please share this with your Portland friends – you’ll be doing them and the sanctuary a favor. Thank you Vida Vegan Con!

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