Who's Who in Cedar Tree Villa?

The alpha of this group is Bo, who is highly respected in his group thanks to his strength and fair treatment to all.

Overall, all the boys at Cedar Tree are high ranking. As for the girls, Samira and Latricia are at the higher end, with Emma, Buttercup, and Charisse being on the lower end.

Lance is the oldest chimp in this group and Jennifer is the youngest. They are just 3 years apart in age!

Cedar Tree has three pairs of siblings: identical twins Buttercup and Charisse, full siblings Eddie and Samira, and half sisters Gertrude and Jennifer!

This group has four chimpanzees currently featured for sponsorship: Gertrude, Gracie, and twins Buttercup and Charisse who are sponsored together!

You can sponsor any chimpanzee at the sanctuary, however, sponsors of featured chimps can opt-in to occasional email updates and photos of their sponsored chimps' most recent adventures in sanctuary. To learn more about sponsoring a chimp, click here!

One toy that’s especially popular in this group are the small blue Nylabones! Jabari holds the record for holding up to 8 at once: 4 of them in his mouth and 1 in each hand and foot. The others are happy with 1 or 2. Even Bo, who isn't known to play with toys, enjoys hanging on to one of these Nylabones.

You can send favorite items like these to the chimps on our wishlist!

One thing this group is known for is how fast they eat! The chimps in Cedar Tree have been known to give Care Staff trouble with shifting, but when it comes to feeding time, they have their system down.

They also have their own culture of taking a rubber feeding bowl during chow time, filling it up with water, and dumping their chow inside much like a bowl of cereal. In fact, they love this tradition so much we now have individual bowls for each chimp due to them fighting over the bowls.