R.I.P. Jane Goodall: A look back at her incredible life
Jane Goodall, a British conservationist and animal rights activist who dedicated over 60 years of her life to studying chimpanzees, not only as a species, but also as individuals with emotions and long-term bonds, died at the age of 91. Goodall’s dedication to her work and the health of the planet even trickled down to her diet. “I stopped eating meat some 50 years ago when I looked at the pork chop on my plate and thought: this represents fear, pain, death,” she wrote in an essay in 2017. “That did it, and I went plant-based instantly”…
The British animal rights campaigner and chimpanzee expert Dr Jane Goodall has died aged 91, leaving in her wake a legacy of ground-breaking discoveries and conservation work.
Having dedicated 60 years of her life to ethology, the study of animal behaviour, her work helped to unveil extraordinary discoveries, including similarities between humans and chimps, suggesting we share common ancestors.
Goodall continued campaigning until the days before her death in California on October 1, during which she was visiting the US as part of a speaking tour about her work…
Goodall was a British conservationist and animal rights activist who dedicated over 60 years of her life to studying chimpanzees… She came to know each chimpanzee “not only as a species, but also as individuals with emotions and long-term bonds” according to the Jane Goodall Institute.
Her work made way for ground-breaking discoveries about the similarities between humans and apes, along with redefining approaches to species conservation to include the needs of local people and the environment…
Her discovery in 1960 that chimpanzees make and use tools has been considered one of the greatest achievements in twentieth century scholarship, according to the Jane Goodall Institute. CHARLOTTE AMBROSE
Goodall’s dedication to her work and the health of the planet even trickled down to her diet. For decades, she only ate plant-based foods.
“I stopped eating meat some 50 years ago when I looked at the pork chop on my plate and thought: this represents fear, pain, death,” she wrote in an essay in 2017. “That did it, and I went plant-based instantly”…
Goodall cited her main reasons for shifting to a plant-based diet as not wanting to support factory farms and the damage done to the environment by meat production. She encouraged readers of her essay to cut meat out of their diets for the same reasons…
Goodall also saw improvements to her health when she went plant-based. “When I stopped eating meat I immediately felt better, lighter,” she said. RENEE ONQUE
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