
Fauna Foundation Visit
The featured photo is Sue Ellen, resident at Fauna Foundation, near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Staff says she is partial to scarves and necklaces. She’s an older girl: born in 1967. She is the only chimpanzee we got to see at a recent visit to the Foundation. Much more about this to come. If I had it to do over, I would be a primatologist. First, let me illustrate the progression of my current fascination with those among us labelled non-human primates.
Stage One:

Primatologists today find roadside zoos like this Florida attraction unethical and unacceptable. But what did we know in those days? No seat belts! We smoked our way through our pregnancies.
Stage Two:


took off.

Youngsters playing in the trees.
Full-Blown Late Stage Obsessive Fascination:

Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest
CSNW blogs and videos cause us to fall in love, to learn, to appreciate. Jamie’s group consists of 5 other females and one male where she rules. Would you argue with her?