![]() “They were really comfortable right away, and they haven’t really hesitated with much. “The kind of just moved in,” she said of the new arrivals. Goodrich said the transition has been smooth sailing for the six new additions to the sanctuary family. “We were kind of able to catch up, because we were hoping to bring those chimps here this spring or summer,” she said. In an interview with the Daily Record, Goodrich said the expansion started a couple of years ago and was delayed slightly during the pandemic. ![]() The new chimpanzees are under a 30-day quarantine and are being housed in a recently completed addition to the sanctuary that was built just for them. “It’s an indescribable joy to observe them deftly navigate their new enclosures and sit over 20 feet above the ground in the new greenhouses, looking at the valley below.” “All of the staff at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest are head over heels for the new group and are doing everything in our power to communicate that love to them and help them transition into their new home,” sanctuary co-director Diana Goodrich said in an email shortly after the chimpanzees reached Kittitas County. Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest’s new additions brings their total number of chimpanzees to 16. The six, who safely made the 1,100-mile trip from California to Kittitas County in 22 hours in a specialized air-conditioned trailer, were born at in a laboratory which subsequently closed in 1996, spending approximately two decades at Wildlife Waystation before their move to their new home. The six travelled to their new home from Wildlife Waystation, a closed sanctuary in Southern California.
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