Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest (CSNW) is located on 89 acres
of farm and forested land in the Cascade mountains, 90 miles east of Seattle.
CSNW is one of only a handful of sanctuaries in the country that cares for
chimpanzees.
CSNW was founded in 2003 to provide sanctuary for
chimpanzees discarded from the entertainment and biomedical testing industries.
On June 13, 2008, seven chimpanzees arrived from a private biomedical facility
in Pennsylvania. Some of the chimpanzees were kept as pets and used in
entertainment when they were young. Some of them were captured in Africa as
infants. All of them were used by the biomedical research industry to test
hepatitis vaccines. Most of the females were also used as breeders during their
years in labs and their babies were taken from them shortly after birth.
Now the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees enjoy a rich social life
in an exciting indoor and outdoor environment where they have choices to make
every day. Pictured here is Jamie, born in 1977.
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