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	<description>Find out about the lives of seven chimpanzees rescued from biomedical research.</description>
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		<title>Foxie</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/09/foxie-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 20:59:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
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		<title>Annie gets creative</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/08/annie-gets-creative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 22:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annie and Missy never seem to tire of each other. Maybe it&#8217;s because they&#8217;re always thinking up new ways to play. This morning, during a lengthy play session, Annie decided to stand on Missy.]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Hackman helping the Alamogordo Chimpanzees</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/08/gene-hackman-helping-the-alamogordo-chimpanzees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 00:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[202 chimpanzees]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=5035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So far the NIH has not budged on their plans to transfer 202 chimpanzees from the Alamogordo Primate Facility to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research. The chimpanzees have gotten some celebrity support recently, though &#8211; Gene Hackman wrote a letter to the head of NIH asking to halt this transfer.  Check out this excerpt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Windows!</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/08/4911/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 22:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Elizabeth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Annie]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=4911</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Great news! Today we installed the last of the cageless playroom windows. Here is a before shot of the garden side of the playroom: And here is the after shot, with four caged windows replaced with chimp-proof glass: Here is a before shot of the wall facing the chimpanzees&#8217; outdoor area (these are the windows [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yesterday in honor of Neil</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/08/yesterday-in-honor-of-neil/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/08/yesterday-in-honor-of-neil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:19:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=4888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, August 2nd, was a Sponsor a Day in honor of Neil Welch who &#8220;loves the intelligence and beauty of the chimpanzees.&#8221; Thank you, Neil and thank you Tanya for honoring Neil by dedicating a day of sanctuary for the Cle Elum Seven chimpanzees! Here&#8217;s a special photo of the beautiful and intelligent Jody investigating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grooming</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/07/grooming-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/07/grooming-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 01:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Annie]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=4858</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Grooming, generally a very calm activity, is a really important part of chimpanzee culture. It establishes and strengthens friendships and alliances. Chimps part the hair and pick out any debris or dead skin. They also will groom scabs off of themselves and each other. Left to right: Missy grooms Burrito&#8217;s head. Burrito grooms Foxie&#8217;s back. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keep the pressure on &#8211; help 202 chimpanzees</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/07/keep-the-pressure-on-help-202-chimpanzees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/07/keep-the-pressure-on-help-202-chimpanzees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[202 chimpanzees]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=4852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t already, please call and write Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius today and urge her to halt the transfer of 202 chimpanzees from the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in Texas. You can send an electronic letter through the Humane Society of the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Update on Alamogordo chimpanzees</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/07/update-on-alamogordo-chimpanzees/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/07/update-on-alamogordo-chimpanzees/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:47:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=4813</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Please see our July 16th post, Chimpanzees to be moved for research, for the background information on this story. Fifteen chimpanzees have already been moved from the Alamogordo Primate Facility (APF) to the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in Texas, but we cannot give up. The chimpanzees need us to speak out for them. New [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negra&#8217;s active day</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/06/negras-active-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/06/negras-active-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/?p=4602</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Negra&#8217;s not the most active chimpanzee by a long shot, but she was all over the place yesterday. Here she is looking out her new window (the photos through the glass turn out blue, so I doctored it a bit. I like the reflection of the clouds). I love this expression! She even investigated some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missy and a coconut</title>
		<link>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/06/missy-and-a-coconut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.chimpsanctuarynw.org/blog/2010/06/missy-and-a-coconut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:46:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diana</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We put out three coconuts for dinner the other night and they were great for enrichment as well as food &#8211; they kept the chimps busy for hours. Missy was not the only one who used a tool to poke through the eye of the coconut and get the juice out. I don&#8217;t know if [...]]]></description>
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