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Dr. Goodall’s Statement for World Migratory Bird Day

April 01, 2026 — While my main area of expertise is primates – and I note that both Gorillas and Chimpanzees are now listed on the Appendices to CMS – so meet the Convention’s definition of a migratory species – I am also fascinated by birds – which are almost all much, much smaller than Gorillas and Chimpanzees. But […]

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Dr. Goodall Speaks About Threats to Biodiversity Following U.N. Report

April 01, 2026 — Today’s U.N. report provides a stark warning – we humans are threatening all life on Planet Earth with extinction: up to 1 million plant and animal species are at risk and many may disappear within decades. Every species has a role to play in the tapestry of life and if we do not protect this […]

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Dr. Goodall’s Thoughts on the Fire of Notre Dame

April 01, 2026 — I am horrified and deeply distressed to hear about the fire that is raging in the historic Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. It is a truly terrible tragedy. As I wrote in my book Reason for Hope, the cathedral played an important part during a very difficult time in my personal life, and the experience […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall’s Most Inspiring Quotes from 2018

April 01, 2026 — With the Oxford Word of the Year 2018 being toxic, and its use to reflect the passing year as a whole, one can’t help but to feel hopeless. But in times of hopelessness, Dr. Jane Goodall uses her voice and words to ignite a specific goal or plan of action, which is what we all […]

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Dr. Goodall Interview for World Animal Day

April 01, 2026 — For World Animal Day, we celebrate our kinship with and the diversity, beauty and threats to animals large and small. In a recent podcast conversation with Philip Lymbery of Compassion in World Farming, Jane was able to recount the major revelations of her life, her love and compassion for other animals, as well as her […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall’s Statement in Defense of the Endangered Species Act

April 01, 2026 — Written testimony of Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, the Jane Goodall Institute UN Messenger of Peace U.S. House of Representatives House Natural Resources Committee September 26, 2018 Thank you for this opportunity to express my strong support for the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and my strong opposition to the package of nine bills before the […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall Mourns the Loss of Kofi Annan

April 01, 2026 — The death of Kofi Annan will be mourned not only by his family, but by people around the world. In particular, the African nations will grieve at the passing of the first black African to be appointed Secretary General of the UN. It was a position which laid heavy responsibilities on him at a time […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall’s Thoughts for First World Chimpanzee Day

April 01, 2026 — It is now 58 years to the day since I arrived for the very first time in what I then referred to, in my letters home, as “Chimpanzee Land”. At the time it was the Gombe Stream Chimpanzee Reserve in what was then Tanganyika – a British Protectorate. Today, of course, it is the Gombe […]

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Dr. Goodall Speaks out on Trophy Hunting of Giraffes

April 01, 2026 — The giraffe shot by Tess Thompson Talley of Texas was particularly valuable as a trophy because of his unusual black colouring. He was also a thinking, feeling being. During his 18 or so years we can only imagine what he had experienced. But he had undoubtedly been raised by a caring mother and surely enjoyed […]

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Dr. Goodall Remembers Koko the Gorilla

April 01, 2026 — Koko I so well remember when I visited Koko, at the invitation of Francine (Penny) Patterson (the woman who taught Koko a modified form of American Sign Language), for the first time. I don’t remember exactly when that was, but she already knew a great many words. She was not the first signing ape I met, […]

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