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Congratulations, Sharon!

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Sharon Discorfano has sponsored today to commemorate her graduation from law school at the University of Arizona.  While in school, Sharon served as Co-Director of her campus chapter of the Student Animal Legal Defense Fund.  After hearing CSNW’s own Sarah Baeckler and various other primatologists speak about the plight of chimpanzees, Sharon was inspired to write her substantial paper on laws regarding chimpanzees in research (check out a blog post she wrote based on her paper here).  After graduation, Sharon will be working in the field of animal law.  Sharon wants to thank Sarah, the other sanctuary staff, and the Cle Elum Seven for the inspiration, and we want to thank Sharon for sponsoring today for the chimps and for her continued work on behalf of all chimpanzees!

This photo of Negra worshipping the sun had a particular impact on Sharon (it’s one of my favorites, too):

 

The endless salad bowl

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One of the best things about the hill lately has been the fact that it’s an endless salad bowl of grass. Everyone has a favorite “harvest” spot, but lots of folks are discovering that Missy’s Mound has the best grass. Today I drove the gator around the hill and caught Missy getting some grass from there. As soon as she saw me, she grabbed a huge handful of grass and playfully ran inside. Once I parked the gator and walked in, I found Missy standing in the playroom with her mouthful of grass, and she playfully ran back out to the hill to get me to chase her.


Team Dora or Team Troll?

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Foxie’s new love of Dora the Explorer continues, but that doesn’t mean she’s dropped troll dolls out of her life.

 

She spent some time with a Dora and a troll doll and a mirror today:

Foxie hold mirror and troll doll

Foxie hold troll and dora

Foxie's hand and foot with Dora

Foxie's hand holding troll doll

 

A sure sign of Foxie’s contentment is when she rubs her toes together, like in the photo below and in this video from a couple of years ago. If you’re wondering what the powdery stuff on Foxie’s feet is – it’s pollen. The pollen has been blowing off the trees like snow all week!

Foxie toe-rubbing

Celebrating Jody Ubert

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Jody has been a supporter of the chimpanzees since they arrived from the laboratory in Pennsylvania almost four years ago. Her latest generous act is to sponsor today (her birthday!).  Sponsoring a day of sanctuary is a great way to contribute directly to the chimps’ daily care, and we’re so moved by Jody’s thoughtful gift on her own special day.  Many thanks and happy birthday wishes to you, Jody!

Here’s a photo of Jody’s namesake doing what she does best:

Foxie is a-Dora-ble

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Foxie has received so many new Dora the Explorer dolls in the last week- mostly from her great friend, Leslie Sodaro, who has been collecting for the last several weeks. We tied several together with a string, which resulted in some a-DORA-bleness.

Foxie has such great friends! On behalf of the lady herself, thanks so much to all for keeping Foxie so happy and enriched!