Pant Hoot Good Morning! (a pant hoot is one of the ways chimpanzees communicate with each other)

In July 1960, a young Jane Goodall first set foot in the forests of Gombe, Tanzania. Without realizing it, she would soon change the way the world thought about chimpanzees and animal behaviour. Today, July 14th, 2020 is the 60th anniversary of that very day. We hope you will join us in honouring Dr. Jane Goodall’s groundbreaking observations of wild chimpanzees, and 60 continuous years of primate research at the Gombe Stream Research Centre. Today is also World Chimpanzee Day, a day to reflect on what Jane started and an opportunity to carry on her legacy. This remarkable species, our closest living relative, has taught us so much, and there’s still much to learn. Here are some ways you can join us in honouring Gombe 60:

Learn More About Gombe

Take a Trek Through Gombe

A big Pant-Hoot from all of us at JGI! Andria Teather CEO, Jane Goodall Institute of Canada Chimpanzees have so much in common with human beings and can teach us so much about how we live in the world and Jane Goodall is one of the reasons we know as much as we do about them.  She was a very young woman (26 years old) when she went to Gombe to observe chimpanzees and sixty years later, she is still working hard to protect them and make us aware of how important it is to respect the natural world and to treasure our fellow earthlings!  If you click on the links, you can tour Gombe and find out about the good work that the Jane Goodall Institute does around the world. A couple of her books that are terrific are My Life with the Chimpanzees and In The Shadow of Man.  They are terrific books that will open your eyes to the amazing world of the chimpanzee!