“Just remember that when we get together, and TAKE ACTION together, we can be a strong voice for the natural world.” Jane Goodall
(Editor’s Note: One of the best ways to help chimpanzees is to support great conservationists and their projects. Here is a blog post from spring 2018, written by one of the best - Dr. Matt McLennan, director of the Bulindi Chimpanzee & Community Project.)
I’d like to thank everyone for their kind words and thoughts following the death of Bulindi’s oldest and much-loved chimpanzee, Joyce. Her untimely death, after she was injured by a farmer’s trap
Looks can be deceiving. The always tactful and elegant Maria Shriver found out first-hand one day when she called Jane Goodall to the podium in 2009 to award her the Women’s Conference Minerva Award. Intending it as a compliment, Shriver offhandedly remarked that despite her “frail” appearance, Jane was a mighty woman. As Jane took the podium, she said that she was anything but “frail,” and proceeded to prove it by hoisting the heavy award trophy over her head.
