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Two Great Apes Painting
Cheetah paints with the attention and focus of a great master, with deliberate and reflective strokes. A few of Cheetah’s friends are painters, and they are all busy working on a new collection of work. Presently, they are all living in Alamogordo, N.M. at Save the Chimps, the most sophisticated and chimpanzee-centric sanctuary in the world. Cheetah and friends are all chimpanzees. Also busy painting are children from the Oz School in Santa Fe – they are painting pictures of chimpanzees! Both species work with non-toxic acrylic paint on paper. The chimpanzees’ style can be called abstract expressionism, while the children's paintings are more representational. All paintings will be for sale at this inspiring and thought-provoking fundraiser for Save the Chimps. When: Friday, May 9, 2008 — Project Sweet Dreams, a non-profit organization, founded by Debra Rosenman, teaches children humane ethics and compassionate action through the study of Great Apes. Sweet Dreams is joining forces with The Oz School, an after-school enrichment program that supports the humane treatment of animals through the children’s art. The evening will include African drumming and marimba, goodies to munch on and an amazing video from Save theChimps, sharing the history of how we have used and abused chimpanzees in this country. There will also be a split screen video of the chimpanzees and children painting. To see two species painting is an amazing experience!
The deputy director of Save the Chimps, Jen Feuerstein, will join us to talk about Save the Chimps and answer all questions. At our adoption table, guests will be able to adopt a chimpanzee for a year, a heart-warming and wonderful sponsorship. We will have a superb silent auction, including two chimpanzee photographs from world famous wildlife photographer, Nick Brandt. After being isolated in tiny cages, some upwards of forty years, the chimpanzees at Save the Chimps will now have safe and permanent sanctuary. Most of these chimpanzees have never felt the earth with their feet or experienced the texture of trees on their bodies. They can never go back to their indigenous homeland – Africa – but they can live secure and productive lives, connected to their new families and the earth. They will never again have to live in fear. And we can help. We look forward to seeing you there. If you have any questions, please call Debra Rosenman, 505.466.0007 or email at Fennixheart@aol.com. Coming Soon: A new donations drop-off point in Ruidoso for Save the Chimps! Watch for updates! * * * Beaver Brigade Call to Action!
The time for landowners with beaver issues is coming, and the beavers and Animal Protection of New Mexico need your help. We anticipate several volunteer opportunities for the Beaver Brigade this season, including:
Beavers’ dam building causes problems for some landowners and governmental agencies, including flooding roads and structures and chewing down trees. Often, these issues can be handled with nonlethal methods, which APNM promotes with the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish and Wildlife Services. Volunteers may help install a flow device to prevent flooding without harming beavers, or wrap trees to mitigate beaver chewing in an area. We also may relocate beavers if the circumstances are right. Due to beaver extirpation in the past and the current drought in the Southwest, many areas around the state need beavers. Beavers are a keystone species: they help New Mexico by creating ponds, which leads to more water, vegetation, fish, and eventually a diverse and healthy ecosystem. The Beaver Brigade will be planting trees so beavers have enough to eat while they are improving the land. The work will often require travel, usually to the northern parts of the state, and some physical labor, such as walking on uneven terrain; lifting, carrying, and putting together materials; checking on live traps twice a day; carrying for and transporting beavers; and digging holes. Sound like great exercise and a great reason to get out to some beautiful parts of the state? We want to know! Contact Debbie Risberg, Wildlife Programs Manager at APNM, at Debbie@apnm.org or 505-205- 5740 if you are interested. Please attend the workshop “Coexisting with Beavers by Preventing Damage” on May 21 to learn about the huge importance of beavers and how you can help. * * *
Come. Sit. Stay. May's show will feature Every Saturday in May Community Cable Access Channel 27 Scroll to the right * * * APNM Receives Grant from Las Campanas
APNM is grateful to receive a grant in recognition of its work, from Las Campanas Community Fund. “We appreciate the support that will help us and our members to speak for the protection of animals throughout New Mexico,” states Executive Director Elisabeth Jennings. For the full story, including other grant awardees, please visit santafenewmexican.com Thank you, Las Campanas Community Fund!
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In April, Las Campanas Community Fund at the Santa Fe Community Foundation awarded $75,000 in grants to local nonprofits, including Animal Protection of New Mexico.  |
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APNM's mission is to advocate the rights of animals by effecting systemic change, resulting in the humane treatment of all animals. Click to see our 2008 Initiatives and how we are making a difference for animals in New Mexico and beyond. Please make a secure, online donation to support our work.
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