As Sabrina mentioned yesterday, we’ve had a crew of folks out yesterday and part of today making some wonderful enhancements to the outdoor habitats on both sides – Young’s Hill for the original group and The Bray for the group of nine from Wildlife Waystation.
The motivated crew was led by none other than the founder of Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, Keith LaChappelle! Huge thanks go to Keith and everyone who accompanied him for all the work they got done!
Enhancements included planting trees along newly-installed irrigation lines, finishing and adding cool fire hose “roofs” to the new climbing platforms, and creating more resting areas. They had the opportunity to see the chimpanzees enjoy the new additions when we set out a forage for both groups.
Another thanks goes to Chad for taking all of the photos below, saving the day for the blog.
Foxie:
Burrito:
Jamie and Burrito exploring one of the now finished and fire hose – adorned climbing structures:
Annie next to some of the newly planted trees:
Jamie:
This photo doesn’t show off the new enhancements, but it does show off Missy’s athletic dismount from the treat rock. Not bad for nearly 49!
I love this shot of Lucky that Chad got:
Mave is continuing her bravery and adventured out for the forage too:
Terry looking handsome with new trees behind him:
Gordo with a red pepper under the new roof of a structure:
You can never go wrong by finishing with a Gordo close-up:
