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= **Jane Goodall** = (1934- )



Jane Goodall, born Valerie Jane Morris-Goodall, is a British primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She has dedicated her life to mainly the study of Chimpanzees and animal warfare. Goodall is the founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, is an active conservative and is most famous for her forty-five year long study in Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. media type="custom" key="11346922" As a child, Jane was given a stuffed monkey toy from her father which she claims "Started her early love for animals". Her favorite books included //Dr. Doolittle// and //Tarzan,// as her dream was to live in the wild with animals. At age 22, Jane was given a valuable opportunity that would begin her journey on her mission. Her friend, Clo, sent a letter where she was currently working as an assistant for a film studio in London, inviting her to visit her new farm in Kenya, Africa. After saving enough money for her trip, Jane eagerly set sail and journey to Kenya, where soon after she meet Louis S.B. Leakey, acclaimed arhcaeologist and paleontologist. Impressed with her abundance of energy and knowledge of animals, Leakey hired Jane as his assistant and eventually asked her to study a group of wild chimpanzees living in on the lakeshore of Tanzania. In July of 1960, Jane began her work at Gombe Stream National Park. At first, Jane was frustrated that many of the chimpanzees were shy and dispersed whenever she went to close to them, but soon they both eventually grew familiar with each other. Some of Jane's studies were so revolutionary, that Leakey arranged Jane to earn her Doctrite degree at Columbia University. Jane continued her work through the 1970's, researching chimpanzee behaviors, including their basic social and living unit, feeding patterns and what they eat, reproduction and courtship, and their interactions with each other and humans. Gombe National Park grew tremendously through Jane's research and funding and was the gateway for Jane's worldwide travels during which she promoted widespread conservation and educated people on the life of chimpanzees. In 1986, her book //The Chimpanzees of Gombe: Patterns of Behavior// was published which is a collection of her 25 year's worth of studies and findings about the life of champanzees. Today, Jane is on the road more than 300 days a year. She returns to Gombe National Park in Tanzania at least twice a year to revisit her famous chimps.


 * The Jane Goodall Institute: Mission Statement**


 * Our Mission**

Founded by renowned primatologist Jane Goodall, the Jane Goodall Institute is a global nonprofit that empowers people to make a difference for all living things. Our work builds on Dr. Goodall’s scientific work and her humanitarian vision. Specifically, we seek to: [] There are several core values that inform everything we do:
 * Improve global understanding and treatment of great apes through research, public education and advocacy
 * Contribute to the preservation of great apes and their habitats by combining conservation with education and promotion of sustainable livelihoods in local communities
 * Create a worldwide network of young people who have learned to care deeply for their human community, for all animals and for the environment, and who will take responsible action to care for them
 * Our Core Values**
 * We strive to respect, nourish and protect all living things; people, animals and the environment are all interconnected
 * We believe that knowledge leads to understanding, and that understanding will encourage us to take action
 * We believe that every individual has the ability to make a positive difference
 * We believe that flexibility and open-mindedness are essential to enable us to respond to a changing world
 * We require integrity and compassion in all that we do and say

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