Happy Birthday to the incomparable Honey B, who always keeps us on our toes!
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The Paper Dilemma
We continue to make progress in introducing George to Cy’s group. This past week, George spent the day with Lucky (and Cy). As George navigates living with other chimpanzees, he is also learning that sometimes, he might have to share. See today’s blog video to watch how Lucky and George (with help from Cy!) navigated a conflict over their shared love of paper, and how they spent the rest of their day together.
Don’t forget, Willy B’s birthday is just around the corner! He’ll be turning 35, and will be celebrating with as many of his favorite bouncy toys as we can provide him with. If you’d like to purchase a bouncy toy for Willy’s birthday, see our chewy and Amazon wish lists, and look for the Ruff Dawg toys!
Burrito in Low
If we know anything about Burrito chimpanzee, we know that this guy is busy! So busy running, playing, grooming, chasing, leaping, scooting, bouncing, skipping, hollering, foraging…you get the picture! This guy never sits still!
So here is your opportunity to enjoy a few low key moments with our favorite energizer bunny! A little lounging, a little nesting, and a very little bit of play.
How much do we love this guy?
Shout out to Jerrol’s for providing huge bags of recycled paper for all the papery fun these chimps are having these days!
And DON’T FORGET! We want you to help us choose the cover photo for our 2025 CSNW Calendar! You can vote once every 24-hours through the end of October, with the poll closing at 11:59pm PT on Jamie-ween!
Click this link to vote! Link: https://opinionstage.com/page/
Paper Party Part 2 (Burrito’s Version)
A generous donor recently sent us quite a few new, very durable toys for the chimpanzees from our Wildlife Toybox wish list! We are so grateful and have been excited to see the chimps get to use these new items. One of these items is a giant green cube, which I hoped the chimps would enjoy being able to move around to sit on wherever they would like. Burrito is known to sit on top of his blue barrel to get the best view of the neighbors next door (especially when any drama is happening), so I hoped these could be another option for him and others to enjoy. Grace and I decided to wrap up not only the new toy we were giving to Burrito’s group, but also all of the other large toys already in their space. Burrito seemed to really enjoy this! Check out today’s video to see Burrito unwrap all the toys new and old, and enjoy sitting atop his new giant green cube. He made a lovely paper nest once he was done unwrapping everything, and in true Burrito fashion he remained ready to play despite having such a cozy nest! Thank you to the generous donor that gifted us and the chimpanzees all of these wonderful new toys, and to all of our donors who continue to make a difference in the lives of the chimpanzees and cattle who call CSNW home!
We are sending big PANT HOOTS of thanks to everyone who has donated to CSNW in honor of Giving Day for Apes today! You are helping us get closer and closer to our fundraising goal. Every donation goes to the care of our amazing residents and two exciting projects here at the sanctuary. The first project is a memorial garden that will honor the residents whose memory we will always love and stories we will always honor. The second is a support building for our growing staff, that will include space for educational presentations to visitors!
We still have some funds to raise to meet our goal and we are asking for your support. Donate before 9pm PT / 11:59pm ET today (October 8th, 2024)- every donation counts! Plus, there is a $500 prize for the organization that receives the last donation of the night. 🙂 Click here or at the link below to follow along on our progress, donate, share, and help us win that prize!
Giving Day for Apes: https://www.givingdayforapes.
Honey B’s Paper Escapade
Honey B’s excitement over paper is just one of the many things that endear us to her. If you’d like to buy more paper for more escapades, I just added some to our Amazon wish list.
I had to add in a little update at the end of the video about Willy B, of course. He’s getting more and more comfortable in that Courtyard!
Fun With Paper
Each day, we give the chimpanzees fresh, clean blankets for them to use for building nests (70+ to be more precise). Today, Jamie bypassed the blankets and went straight for the long piece of paper instead.
