Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
Hope. Love. Home. Sanctuary for primates.
…and how you can help!
Here’s a link to that list of suggested businesses from our auction committee mentioned in the video: https://bit.ly/390Ui8x
And here’s a link to the 2020 Goals document: https://chimpsnw.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2020-Individual-Donor-Needs-ChimpsNW.pdf
And here’s a photo of Honey B getting ready for bed, really just wondering what YOU’RE doing:
I spent the last few weeks fretting over our ambitious budget for 2020. It’s a dramatic increase from past years as we prepare for further expansion by adding staff and increasing all operational funds to care for more wonderful chimpanzees who will arrive this fall if the construction and the funds come together.
I will send out an e-newsletter next week to entice people to join our Chimpanzee Pal and Bovine Buddy programs, but I wanted to share the accompanying video with blog readers and social media followers first (see video above).
You all are the dedicated loyal supporters who follow along with rapt attention. Many of you are already Chimpanzee Pals, and a small handful are Bovine Buddies. Maybe you’ll consider adding another chimpanzee or bovine to sponsor?
You can also share the video and tell people why you are supporters – you’d be surprised how helpful it is to refer other people to the sanctuary!
Since you are still here, I’m guessing you want an update on the day today. I am more than happy to tell you that it was a great day.
It was cloudy and drizzling in the morning and I did not expect anyone to go outside, but Honey B, Mave, and Willy B spent time in the chute, and, in the other group, everyone but Negra took a walk around the hill despite the damp weather. They went counter-clockwise, for those keeping track.
Burrito was not very speedy, but he walked the entire perimeter. Foxie slowed down her brisk pace to stay with him, which just completely melted my heart.
When Foxie came back to the greenhouse, she took some time to release a troll doll from bondage:
Two things to note about the photos of Foxie: 1. That gray hair that J.B. mentioned yesterday! 2. The gorgeousness of Foxie brought out by the camera lens that was gifted to us off of our wish list. I love that camera lens!
While you are pondering which chimpanzee and/or bovine to sponsor, we could also really use some more Safeway gift cards from our wish list. It turns out that ten chimpanzees consume a lot more food than seven chimpanzees, and we find ourselves supplementing the weekly donated produce from Darwin’s Natural Pet Products via Charlie’s Produce quite regularly these days.
Thank you for everything you do to share your love of the sanctuary! Stay tuned for more videos and information for the month of love!
A couple of weeks ago, I took a short video of Annie play-poking Missy in a really sweet and affectionate way and thought it would be great to put on Instagram (@ChimpSanctuary). The video got so much play, I then shared it on the sanctuary’s Facebook page and watched as the number of views and shares far surpassed any other videos we’ve made. (20.7k views and 4,275 shares as I type this).
So, I thought I’d put together the video properly with the full screen view!
A lot of people tagged friends, spouses, family members because Annie reminded them either of themselves or others.
Enjoy!
And feel free to share 🙂
We had a question recently on YouTube wondering if the chimpanzees fight less than other groups. It made us realize that we really don’t share that part of their daily lives much. I tried to provide some answers as to why in this video, but maybe there are other reasons that are less obvious (number of likes on Facebook? I hope that’s not it!).
We do have a category called “Fights” for blog posts, so you can check out previous posts on the subject here.
Let us know what you think – does this surprise you or make you uncomfortable to see the chimpanzees fighting?
For the Share the Chimp Love fundraising this year, we are seeking new Chimpanzee Pals (and other donations!) for all of the chimpanzees, and we’re producing videos of each of them so you can get to know them better (Foxie’s video is at the end of this post).
Last night, supporter Monica Best joined an elite group of donors by sponsoring all seven chimpanzees! The heart is starting to fill!
Foxie’s video was a really fun montage to put together! Foxie currently has 35 Pals. Will you be her next Chimpanzee Pal?
Learn more about Sharing the Chimp Love.
It’s the second video in our Share the Chimp Love videos leading up to Valentine’s Day!
The goal is to increase the number of Chimpanzee Pals for each of the chimpanzees and raise some funds for their care.
Check out their individual pages (click on their “polaroid” images at the top of the page) to see all of their current pals and to learn more about their histories and personalities! Then become a Chimpanzee Pal or make a donation on the Share the Chimp Love donation page.
But, before you do any of that, fall in love (again) with Burrito:
The other day, I was looking back on the year and watched a few of our videos from 2015. I had this idea to compile some of my favorites and/or some of the most popular videos from the year in a blog post.
This turned out to be harder than I thought it would be. I really love all of the videos for different reasons, so the narrowing down process was not easy.
But, here goes…
Epic tug o’ war session between Foxie and Jamie:
Burrito and his stuffed gorilla friend:
The new structure completed in the spring:
Burrito playing with staff caregiver Keri:
This one of Negra simply because she is was so happy on her birthday:
Foxie being oh so very Foxie:
This one due to the pumpkin thieving incident:
I really think that this one is near the top of the list, even though J.B. put it together just a week ago for Christmas:
OMG – this one, especially beginning at the 2:01 mark:
Okay – I really could just to on and on. The positive reinforcement training videos are also great, and the video of the process we go through when Jamie wants to take a walk around the hill. And so many videos of the chimpanzees enjoying food. And several videos of Missy and Annie playing. And…
Did I miss your favorite? Let me know – I’m curious to hear from the chimps’ fans. You can go to our You Tube channel and take a look at 7+ years of video!
