1. Jane Goodall 1934- Realizing Our humanity
Leo R. Sandy

2. Jane Goodall
English ethologist (the study of the behavior of animals in their natural habitats), Dr. Goodall, lived in the Tanzanian forest for more than 25 years studying chimpanzees
She revealed knowledge about chimpanzees that bridged the gap between humans and animals
Now she travels more than 300 days each year urging people to realize their own humanity and treat all living creatures, including fellow humans, with kindness and respect

3. Goodall cont’d
Goodall was born in London, England to parents who saw her interest and love of animals when she was young
She collected the entire Tarzan series and dreamed of someday traveling to Africa to study animals and write books about them
One day as she was working as secretary, she got an invitation from a friend to visit Kenya
At 23, she left her home, family and country

4. Goodall cont’d
In Africa, Goodall met the famous anthropologist, Dr. Louis Leakey who hired her as a secretary and later as a fellow researcher of wild chimpanzees
Although Goodall was not trained as a scientist, Leakey saw in her an innate curiosity and patience that would serve her well in his research
Before entering Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park, Goodall read everything she could about chimpanzees while Leakey searched for funding sources for the trip

5. Goodall cont’d
Not being a trained scentist, Goodall gave the chimpanzees she studied names instead of numbers thereby empathizing with them
An earth-shaking discovery she made was that chimpanzees made and used tools – something that was only attributable to humans (humans and chimpanzees share 98.8 percent of DNA)
Two chimpanzees, David Greybeard and Goliath, were seen pulling leaves from plants and placing the stalks into termite mounds to collect termites to eat

6. Goodall cont’d
Goodall and Leakey received additional funding from the National Geographic Society, and Goodall went on to get a Ph.D. in ethology from Cambridge University
Goodall returned to the the forest and began to develop close, trusting relationships with the chimpanzees she was studying
In one incident, Goodall offered Greybeard a piece of fruit. He took it and let it fall to the ground but then gently held her hand as if to say he appreciated the offer even though he wasn’t hungry

7. Goodall cont’d
In 1964 Goodall married filmmaker, Hugo van Lawick and they had a son together. Ten years later, they divorced and she married the director of Tanzania’s national parks, Derek Bryceson
At one point armed rebels stormed her camp and kidnapped 4 of her students for ransom which was paid for their release. This caused Goodall to ponder why chimpanzees seemed more peaceful than humans
However, she later witnessed brutal attacks and cannibalism among the chimpanzees

8. Goodall cont’d
She concluded that although both humans and chimpanzees had violent tendencies, humans with their advanced brains could choose not to be violent whereas chimpanzees were more guided by instinct
In 1980 her research was suspended due to the death of her husband of cancer. She then returned to the forest not to study chimpanzees but to be with them to console her grief
Her first book was The Chimpanzees of Gombe

9. Goodall cont’d
After learning that chimpanzees around the world suffered painful laboratory experiments, were hunted for food, had their habitats destroyed, and captured for the live animal trade, she launched a global campaign to save them
She called for an end to the testing of cosmetics and household products on animals, a reduction in the number of animals used in medical experiments, and the development of non-animal alternatives such as tissue cultures, computer simulation, and in vitro testing (within a glass; observable in a test tube; in an artificial environment)

10. Goodall cont’d
Her Institute uses Community-Centered Conservation which gives people alternatives to to hunting or selling wild animals or deforesting land. For example, she founded a sanctuary for orphaned chimpanzees
She also developed a program called Roots & Shoots – a global program for youth that is active in more than 94 countries teaching young people that peace means caring for people, animals, and the environment, and that their actions have effects on living things
PEACE stands for People, Environment, Animals, Care, and Effects

11. Goodall cont’d
Her titles include Dame of the British Empire and United Nations Messenger of Peace, she travels 300 days a year to promote respect for animals
Goodall was given the Gandhi/King Award for Nonviolence and the French Legion d’ Honneur

12. Goodall Quotes
I do believe we can look forward to a new world in which our great-grandchildren and their children after them can live in peace. A world in which there will still be trees and chimpanzees swinging through them, and blue sky and birds singing….It is up to us to save the world for tomorrow; it’s up to you and me
We cannot live through a day without impacting the world around us – and we have a choice: What sort of impact do we want to make?
We have a chance to use the gift of our lives to make the world a better place

13. Video
How Humans and Animals can Live Together

14. References Beller, K., & Chase, H. (2008). Great peacemakers:
True stories from around the world. Sedona, AZ:
LTS Press
How Humans and Animals Can Live Together.
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