As a child my favourite moment before bedtime was listening to my father’s allegorical tales where animals spoke. My fascination for animals deepened further with stories of Tarzan and Jane of the jungle, and I would drift into dreams of living among those wondrous creatures.
Little did I know that a few years later, I would be reading about another Jane and dream of working and living in Africa just like her. Over the years, many things in my life changed, and my early allures began to seem childish and naive. However, my admiration for the real Jane-life — Jane Goodall —only grew stronger and deeper with time.
Who is Dr Jane Goodall? Well Jane Goodall is the women who has conducted research on chimpanzees for over 65 years, beginning her groundbreaking field study — the longest such study ever undertaken by any individual — in Gombe, Tanzania, in 1960. Although she transitioned from direct field research to focussing on conservation and activism in the late 1980s, she persistently travelled widely, advocating for animal welfare, and studying environmental issues until her death.
Dame Valerie Jane Morris Goodall born in 1934, passed away on October 1, 2025 at the age of 91. She was an English primatologist, anthropologist and a leading conservationist of recent times.
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