Spent a nice day in the beautiful Cle Elum area on an assignment about the fear that COVID-19 can probably affect chimpanzees. The staff at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest must all wear masks, gloves, and scrubs. They’ve also had to restrict their staff to only essential personnel and postpone all volunteering. Their annual fundraising gala has also been postponed.
A caregiver feeds an onion slice to a chimpanzee at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, as the nonprofit’s co-directors fear that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may likely affect chimpanzees, leading the sanctuary to suspend all volunteering, postpone a fundraising gala, and requiring masks, gloves, and scrubs to be used by staff, in Cle Elum, Washington, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/David RyderCo-directors J.B. Mulcahy and Diana Goodrich watch chimpanzees eat at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, as the nonprofit’s co-directors fear that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may likely affect chimpanzees, leading the sanctuary to suspend all volunteering, postpone a fundraising gala, and requiring masks, gloves, and scrubs to be used by staff, in Cle Elum, Washington, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/David RyderCo-director Diana Goodrich watches chimpanzees play at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, as the nonprofit’s co-directors fear that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may likely affect chimpanzees, leading the sanctuary to suspend all volunteering, postpone a fundraising gala, and requiring masks, gloves, and scrubs to be used by staff, in Cle Elum, Washington, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/David RyderCo-director Diana Goodrich observes a chimpanzee at Chimpanzee Sanctuary Northwest, as the nonprofit’s co-directors fear that the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) may likely affect chimpanzees, leading the sanctuary to suspend all volunteering, postpone a fundraising gala, and requiring masks, gloves, and scrubs to be used by staff, in Cle Elum, Washington, U.S. March 16, 2020. REUTERS/David Ryder
