For one day, ethicist Jane Goodall stopped at the ZooParc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan-sur-Cher to establish a partnership between her institute Jane Goodall France and the association Beauval conservation et recherche. Françoise Delord, founder of ZooParc, said she was very honoured by the arrival of the scientist. Jane Goodall explains how the relationship with zoos is very beneficial in protecting chimpanzees.
Co-founder of the Jane Goodal France Institute, founded a year ago, Emmanuelle Grundmann, primatologist of great apes, goes to the chimpanzee sanctuary in Tchimpounga, Congo. It is responsible by the Institute for assessing the needs of the centre, the largest on the African continent. Eric Dubuis, director of the sanctuary, guides her on her visit. Created in 1992, the centre was to house about fifty orphaned chimpanzees. Today the sanctuary is saturated. Poaching is such that its population has doubled in 15 years.
"Despite her unbridled love for the savage, there is a lot of humanity in Jane Goodall". Nicolas Hulot, Minister of Ecological and Solidarity Transition, was receiving his friend Jane Goodall at his ministry today. The primatologist is in Paris to present a documentary.
"There are soft ones, aggressive ones, machos, it’s like people". British primatogue Jane Goodall explains to Françoise Laborde how chimpanzees and great apes have different personalities. Then she sends a greeting to the viewers in chimpanzee language.
On the occasion of the promotion in France of her book "Les chimpanzés et moi", English primatologist Jane Goodall explains her career. Although she has no zoological knowledge, she decided to leave very early for Africa. She recounts her defining encounter with the famous anthropologist Louis Leakey. "It was he who suggested that I could learn about the life and customs of chimpanzees".