Many thanks to Simon Collins for sponsoring this special day of sanctuary: “In honour of World Chimpanzee Day, July 14th, and Dr Jane Goodall who first set foot in the Gombe on this day in 1960 to study our closest living relatives!”
A little about today from the World Chimpanzee Day website: “July 14 has long been a special occasion being the day in 1960 when Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE started her trailblazing research on the wild chimpanzees of Gombe National Park, Tanzania. Over the last half-decade we’ve made it extra special by marking World Chimpanzee Day on this day every year. This year, like every year, is a day of celebration – of chimpanzees and of our collective impact to help save them.”
Learn more about this day and how you can help advocate for chimpanzees, particularly via this years social media focused campaign, on the World Chimpanzee Day website!
You’ll even see beautiful Annie on the website!
Negra:
Jody (below), Negra and Annie were all stolen from their families in Africa as infants. While today is in part about wild chimpanzee populations and raising awareness about the threats they face such as poaching, habitat loss and disease, it’s also about helping to ensure chimpanzees have the best lives possible in captive situations.
Cy:
Jamie:
Gordo:
Thank you Simon for sponsoring this significant day. Where would chimpanzees (and other primates) be without Jane Goodall?! I have always found it mind-blowingly brave that Jane, and her mother, took on that adventure back in 1960! It is astonishing.
Thank you, Simon, for that love all the way from the UK!
Thank you, Simon, for sponsoring this day for the Sanctuary. And, on behalf of our primate cousins in Gombe and elsewhere, thank you, Jane Goodall, for venturing into the forest.
I echo the foregoing sentiments. Dr. Goodall showed such strength and adventurousness in entering that forest, and is a very serious hero in her ongoing efforts on behalf of chimpanzees everywhere.
It infuriates me that young animals, in our case chimps, are stolen from their families, especially at a young age. Gives me another point in my responses to those who say these animals need to run free! Jody, Negra, and Annie were sent on such a distressing journey from their family to the day they entered Sanctuary. Gives me greater joy to know they were finally brought to freedom and safety, imperfect though it is because of the loss of their family. Thank you, CSNW!