CSNW in the News
Press Contact Information
Diana Goodrich, Director of Outreach
509-699-0728
Fast Facts for the media (PDF download)
Newspaper coverage
- Chimps get chunk of change -- The Intelligencer (December 29, 2008)
- Online photo gallery by Meryl Schenker, Seattle Post Intelligencer (August 26, 2008)
- Who are the Cle Elum Seven? -- Seattle Times (August 25, 2008)
- Former Lab Chimps Find New Life Beyond Cages -- Seattle Times (August 25, 2008)
- The Cle Elum Seven savor their new lives -- Yakima Herald (July 6, 2008)
- Trial Separation-After decades of medical research, seven local chimps head west for retirement -- Philadelphia Weekly (July 2, 2008)
- Chimps settle into new home in Cle Elum -- Daily Record, Ellensburg, WA (June 16, 2008)
- Pant-hoots from Upper County’s newest residents--Cle Elum-Seven chimps arrive -- Northern Kittitas County Tribune (June 13, 2008)
- Say goodbye to the Buckshire seven -- The Intelligencer (June 10, 2008)
- First chimps to arrive at WA sanctuary -- KOMO News (June 9, 2008)
- Chimps coming to Cle Elum sanctuary -- Public to help furnish outdoor area for exploited primates -- Wenatchee World (May 26, 2008)
- Chimps scheduled to arrive in Cle Elum -- Daily Record News, Ellensburg, WA (May 21, 2008)
Television coverage
- Living with Chimps -- Today Show spot with CSNW Executive Director as the expert voice on why chimpanzees should not be pets (March 2, 2009)
- Cle Elum Chimpanzees "Real World" House -- KIMA TV, WA (Febrary 13, 2009)
- Chimp Sanctuary -- KCTS Connects, PBS, WA (January 23, 2009)
- "Cle Elum Seven" Chimps have Snow Day -- KIMA 29 News, WA (December 16, 2008)
- KOMO viewers pitch in to help chimp sanctuary -- KOMO News, WA (October 30, 2008)
- Retired Research Chimps -- ABC World News (October 15, 2008)
- Seven chimps finally set foot into outside world -- KOMO News, WA (August 26, 2008) (Link to video under Michelle Esteban's name)
- A Brighter Day for Medical Testing Chimps -- KIMA TV, WA (August 26, 2008)
- Chimps Ahoy -- Northwest Cable News, WA(August 26, 2008)
- Chimpanzees Get a New Play Area -- KAPP TV, WA (August 26, 2008) transcript
- Rescued chimps experience life for first time -- NECN - New England Cable News (August 26, 2008) broadcast of KOMO news segment
- Chimps move into new Cle Elum Sanctuary -- King 5 News, WA (August 26, 2008) broadcast of Northwest Cable News segment
- Seven Chimpanzees are Rescued After Two Decades of Abuse -- KNDO/KNDU News, WA (June 20, 2008) transcript
- The day 7 chimps moved into town -- KOMO News, WA (June 13, 2008)
- New Home for Chimpanzees: Former Research and Circus Chimps Relocated to Cle Elum -- KAPP TV, WA (June 13, 2008) transcript
- King 5 News video (June 13, 2008)
Online coverage
- בית מוגן: התקווה האחרונה של קופי המעבדות article about CSNW on Isreal's ynet-news (article is in Hebrew) (December 13, 2008)
- The Cle Elum Seven to experience the great outdoors for the first time -- NWSource (August 26, 2008)
- Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest -- Yakima Herald (July 6, 2008)
Photos & Other Media available
You can see photos and video of the chimpanzees in their new home and read daily updates about them, on our blog. Please eamil for high resolution photos and video of the sanctuary and the chimpanzees to be used for media purposes.
Press Releases
- The HSUS Applauds Retirement of Seven Chimpanzees from Research -- Press release from Humane Society of the United States (June 16, 2008)
- Lab Chimpanzees on the Road to New WA Sanctuary (June 2, 2008)