Chimpanzee sanctuary northwest9/20/2023 ![]() ![]() Marty earned his degree in Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Champaign – Urbana and MBA at Loyola University of Chicago. Marty is a lifelong animal lover, since early childhood has been in love with primates. Katie holds a bachelor’s degree in zoology and a master’s degree in public administration, with a specialization in public policy. She also worked as the Supervisor of Care at the Center for Great Apes, a sanctuary for chimpanzees and orangutans. There, she applied environmental enrichment and other strategies to reduce stress and help emotionally disturbed animals. Prior to joining the HSUS, Katie spent several years at a primate breeding and research facility in South Carolina as the behavioral manager for more than 3,000 primates. She is now focused on facilitating the retirement of chimpanzees from laboratories to sanctuaries. Katie, in collaboration with other organizations, led the HSUS’ efforts to effectively end the use of chimpanzees in research in the U.S. Katie is focused on the long-term goal of replacing the use of animals in harmful research and testing, as well as the ongoing development and implementation of non-animal alternatives. ![]() Katie Conlee is vice president for animal research issues with The Humane Society of the United States (the HSUS), where she has worked since 1999. Bruce was a founding board member of both Project Chimps and Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest and has advised members of the chimpanzee sanctuary community on a wide range of legal issues. He has taught animal law since 1996 and currently teaches at three Bay Area law schools. He is a coeditor of Animal Law, the first animal law casebook, currently in its sixth edition and coauthor of A Worldview of Animal Law, which provides a broad perspective on animal law around the world. Bruce’s clients include numerous animal protection organizations as well as private individuals. He has practiced animal law since 1992 and represented clients in state and federal courts as well as regulatory and administrative proceedings. He is a lawyer in the San Francisco office of national law firm Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila and has an almost-exclusive focus on a wide range of animal law matters, including litigation, education, legislative drafting and counseling, and consultation. The title, "Friends Like Us" has two meanings - that they can be friends so look at Friends Like Us! and second, that CSNW has so many friends that keep the sanctuary going that at some level, they might know that Friends (of CSNW) like them, so they might exclaim, "Friends like us.Bruce Wagman is an animal lawyer, an expert strategist, and a true friend to animals. And the winner of this painting will get to see that the green background is opalescent - shimmering and changing from different vantage points - just like Foxie and Burrito. It was summer when I painted it, and I adore seeing the chimps have watermelon on summer birthday parties. You might wonder why the unconventional colors I used in this painting. Burrito has a penchant for mouthing toys so when I got a glimpse of him with Foxie's hand in his mouth, I knew that was what I wanted to convey in the first painting I did of two of the CSNW chimps interacting. I love reading about the chimps interacting because I know they lived so much of their lives isolated and unable to interact. Reading through the blogs of CSNW, I noticed that Foxie and Burrito often like to play together. "Friends Like Us" (For 2019 Chimp Sanctuary NW on-line auction)ĩ" x 12" Original Watercolor on 100% 140lb acid-free cotton rag. She plays rough with Willy B and seeks out Honey B and Willy B for long grooming sessions." She is silly and playful and seemed to immediately relax into her new home at the sanctuary. We’re still getting to know Mave, but she’s already surprising us. When LEMSIP closed in 1996, Mave went to Wildlife Waystation along with over 30 other chimpanzees. Mave was born at the Laboratory for Experimental Medicine and Surgery in Primates (LEMSIP). Mave arrived with Willy B and Honey B on Augafter Wildlife Waystation in California announced it was closing and searching for homes for all of their residents. Thank you for giving these chimps a life of choices, comfort, good food and outdoor experiences and so much more. ![]() I painted Mave in a lush setting to imagine her wandering about in nature. "Portrait of Mave" (For the 2020 Chimp Sanctuary NW on-line auction between Sept 2- Sept 12, 2020)ġ1" x 14" Original oil painting on aluminum ![]()
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