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Friends of Washoe Established in 1981, Friends of Washoe is a non-profit organization (501 c3) dedicated to supporting Washoe's remaining family, Tatu and Loulis, in their home at Fauna Foundation; studying communication in all primates and ways to improve captive conditions for all apes; and promoting peaceful coexistence between human and non-human animals
Meet Washoe - Friends of Washoe Full Name: Washoe Pan satyrus Pan satyrus is an old taxonomic classification used for chimpanzees She was named for Washoe county Nevada where she spent her early childhood with the Gardners Washoe is a Native American word from the Washoe tribe meaning "people "
Our Mission - Friends of Washoe Established in 1981, Friends of Washoe is a non-profit organization (501 c3) dedicated to establishing peace between the human species and all the other members of creation Friends of Washoe's immediate responsibility is to care for Washoe's family; Tatu and Loulis
Habitat Destruction - Friends of Washoe There are three significant and interrelated threats to free-living chimpanzees: habitat destruction, logging, and the bushmeat trade With the continual rise in human population comes increasing demand for land for living and agriculture; local agricultural activities are encroaching ever deeper into even protected areas of chimpanzee habitats
Sequoyah - History - Friends of Washoe Adapted from Chapter 9 of Next of Kin, by Roger Fouts with Stephen Tukel Mills (pp 221-222; 226-232) In June of 1978, Washoe's pregnancy test came up positive
Publications - Friends of Washoe Friends of Washoe, 23, 7-13 Jaffe, S , Jensvold, M L , and Fouts, D (2002) Chimpanzee to Chimpanzee Signed Interactions In V Landau (Ed ), ChimpanZoo Conference Proceedings: The Chimpanzee Community (pp 67-75)
Meet Loulis - Friends of Washoe Full Name: Loulis Yerkes Loulis was named for Louise and Lisa, two laboratory workers at the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center where he was born Pronunciation: loo' lis Name Sign: "L" placed on the end of nose, without movement He received his name sign from Washoe; it is an adaptation of the sign BUG
Loulis joins Washoe - History - Friends of Washoe Adapted from Chapter 9 of Next of Kin, by Roger Fouts with Stephen Tukel Mills (pp 233-234; 235; 236; 239-240) After three days, Washoe stopped asking me about Sequoyah
Posters Presentations - Friends of Washoe 2024 Jensvold, M L (2024, September 9) Professional Quality of Life in Caregivers of Chimpanzees American Society of Primatologists Cancun, Mexico