Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Hope. Love. Home. Sanctuary for primates.
Health care workers know that emotional support from friends and family can play an important role in the healing process. So while Negra might be on restricted activity for a few days, she still gets regular visits from her family.
Then again, who needs family when you’ve got a constant stream of peanuts, peanut butter, cabbage, and pineapple coconut juice…
Despite all they’ve been through,
or perhaps because of it,
these seven chimpanzees have become a family.
After decades of isolation
and prolonged periods of fear and uncertainty,
they have found someone to love,
someone to trust,
someone to comfort them in times of need.
If we see ourselves in them,
then perhaps it’s time we accept
that they are our family, too.
No matter how long you work at a sanctuary or how well you know the chimps, there are still moments that take your breath away. Jody, Foxie, Jamie, and Burrito spent decades living in isolation in barren laboratory cages. Today, they are free to patrol their territory as a family.
