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Terms of Endearment

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Most of us grew up having a nickname or two. Here at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, we have quite a few nicknames for the chimps! We have shared their nicknames over the years, but with new chimps comes new names! I have gathered what I think are most of the nicknames from staff that we call the chimps. Some names are cute while others are silly, I know I am missing a few, but here they are!

Terry: Terrance, Sir Terrance, Tare Bear, T, Terry the Tongue, Teeny Tiny Terry (it’s funny because he is not tiny, but is a gentle giant)


Honey B: Little Bean, Bean, Chickpea, Chicky, Chickabee, Honey Badger, B, BB, HB, Beezus.


Gordo: Gordy, Gordito, G, Gordis, Flash Gordo


Lucky: Luck, Lucky Loo, Lady Lucky Love

Willy B: William, Sir William, WB, William Bones, Willard


Cy: Cy Guy, Sir Cy, CyCy, Cyrus, Sir


Rayne: Raynie


Dora: Dorie, Kanzi (the bonobo, she looks a lot like Kanzi!)

Mave: Mavie, Mavis, Mavereen, Mavie Baby


Mave+Dora=Mora

Burrito: Bubba, Bubs, Bubbie, Bubbert, Bubbalicious, Bub a lub a dub dub, Mr. B


Jamie: The Boss, Friend, James, J, Lady


Jody: Jo, Joji, JoJo, Farmer Jo


Negra: The Queen, Queen Negra, Neggie, Negalina, Eggy, Myyy Neggie


Foxie: Tiny, Fox, Fox, Eens (as in eensy), Fox-a-licious


Missy: Little Miss, Miss, Miss-Miss, Missidy


Annie: Miss Annie, Annie-bo-bannie, Annie Bird, Sweet Lady

Wow! We raised $46,035 in yesterday’s Giving Day for Apes! We are so grateful to all of our amazing donors!

If you are wondering about other ways to help support the sanctuary, check out our Amazon Wish List! Jamie’s birthday boots are still on the list!

A Playful, Thankful Tuesday

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As Giving Day for Apes continues to be underway, we just wanted to say thank you to those who have donated thus far on this day of days fundraiser! And what better way than a video full of play!

You donations will help enrich their lives!

Cy and Rayne perusing through magazines!
Jody and Annie flipping through some pages as well!

Your donations will help ensure the chimpanzees will never go hungry!

Jamie watching breakfast being served to the others while eating her orange in a nest.

Your donations will help us complete the expansion of Young’s Hill and the completion of The Bray!

Terry watching the construction being conducted in what will be The Bray!

But overall, your donations will help them live the best lives that they can!

Burrito giving his “We’re going to play!” face before lunch!
Cy looking as handsome as ever!
Jamie playing a game of “Floor is lava” by building a bridge from the stairs to her favorite window in the Playroom.
Lucky and Willy B playing before breakfast!
Negra getting ready to settle in her nest!
Cy and Willy B grooming in the Riverview Greenhouse!

Thank you all for helping us provide this to them! There is still time to donate during this campaign. Giving Day for Apes ends at 11:59PM EST (8:59PM PST)! You can donate through our page by clicking here!

A Soothing Sunday

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It’s been a busy, busy day in the chimp house! While the caregivers have been busy with cleaning, the chimps have been busy with play, grooming, and relaxation. A perfect way to kick off the week!

Here are some photos from the day:

Terry mid-climb:

Honey B:

Cy catching up on facts about Mr. Bill Nye [the science guy]:

Jamie:

Lucky:

We hope you had a good weekend!

Be Like Burrito

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Ya’ll, let me tell you that taking care of chimpanzees in captivity is a job full of stress and worry. But Burrito here, even when you know he can be the instigator of drama, shows us why we do what we do. Enjoy the video and take Burrito’s outlook on life to heart.

 

Scary, Spooky Stories [Cy’s Perspective]

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It is officially SPOOKY season!

Today, I am bringing you a video of Cy being very spooked… by the travel magazine he was reading.

While Cy LOVES to read, which we mention frequently, he occasionally finds things in his magazines that are very scary. You can watch him physically jump at the sight of cows in a blog video that Kelsi captured back in January, here.

I have created a list of things Cy is scared of with the help of my coworkers. As he reads many magazines every week, I’m sure this list will continue to grow.

Things Cy finds scary:

  • Flannel shirts
  • Elephants
  • Pink pigs
  • Cows
  • Hippos
  • Rhinos
  • Animated Scooby Doo
  • Panda Bears
  • Artichokes
  • Giraffes

Check out today’s video to see how we discovered that Cy is scared of giraffes.

Despite him finding scary things in the magazines from time to time, that doesn’t affect his love for reading.

Giving Day for Apes is only a few days away! Early giving is open now, but on Tuesday, October 11th, we will be competing with other accredited sanctuaries in North America for a variety of prizes. So much has happened at the sanctuary over the last few years and it’s all due to our generous supporters- keep helping us make our residents dreams come true by donating to CSNW! All donations will go directly to the care of our residents.
Donate to CSNW for Giving Day for Apes here: https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Chimpsnw
Learn more about Giving Day for Apes here:

We also are prepping for Jamieween! We have added some special items we know Jamie would love for her birthday on our Amazon Wishlist!

Thank you!

Did you miss me?

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Last September 14th, Willy B sustained an injury to his face that required medical intervention. During all this time he has been in isolation to allow the site to heal properly but also to prevent over grooming on behalf of his friends. Due to the fact that this group is still considered to be newly integrated, putting him back with the group required planning. We had to make sure he would be accepted in the group after spending time away from them. A week and half or so our reintroduction efforts commenced. We started by arranging one on one play dates with Willy B in his isolation rooms, the front rooms. He had play dates with multiple individuals, and even if they were very eager to groom his face wound, Willy B was very good about setting boundaries to protect it. We were ready to move to the next stage.

With help from Jen Feuerstein, staff decided that the course of action was going to be reuniting Cy, Mave, Honey B, Rayne, and Terry with Willy B and see how that went. We did that yesterday and everyone was very happy to be back together. With no negative moments, we decided to move forward with having all nine individuals together today. That meant adding Gordo, Dora, and Lucky to the mix. The nine are back together and to our delight, it has been an overall mellow day and they have spent most of the day grooming in the sun filled green houses. We really love days like today.

Willy B

Gordo
Honey B – She could not be happier to have the front rooms again!
Lucky
Mave
Did you know that Giving Day for Apes is only a few days away? Early giving is open now, but on Tuesday, October 11th we will be competing with other accredited sanctuaries in North America for a variety of prizes. So much has happened at the sanctuary over the last few years and it’s all due to our generous supporters- keep helping us make our residents dreams come true by donating to CSNW! All donations will go directly to the care of our residents.
Donate to CSNW for Giving Day for Apes here: https://www.mightycause.com/organization/Chimpsnw
Learn more about Giving Day for Apes here:

Foxie Doesn’t Care

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As caregiver Sofia and I were cleaning the Playroom I heard a knock on the share window by the Green House. When I looked over, it was Foxie with two dolls! I ran over to say hi through the window before going upstairs to squeegee, but then she knocked on the window one more time and erupted into a game of chase. I ran out telling Sofia I would be right back! Foxie did not care that we were cleaning, it was time to play. We chased for several minutes before she decided it was time to have her dolls back. However, before I could go back to help clean Jamie and Missy needed tomatoes from the garden, obviously!

On the other side of the building, Willy B has recovered very well! We have been starting the process of reintroducing Willy B back into his group. Because they are a relatively new group we need to slowly add Willy B back to ensure overall success and well-being. We have been doing play dates, but today we took the step of adding him into a small group overnight to make sure it goes okay. If all goes well he will be back with his group tomorrow!

Everyone has been so excited to see Willy B, his day has been full of grooming and playing chase :)!

It’s October, which means Jamieween is right around the corner! Make sure to keep checking on our Amazon Wish List for Jamie’s party!