Jane Goodall discusses advocating for our fellow primates

The Sunday, July 16, New York Times Magazine includes an interview with Jane Goodall (pg 17).

Goodall discusses how she got involved in advocating for our fellow primates:
"I went to a conference in 1986. It brought together all the chimpanzee people working in Africa, and when I came out of the session on conservation, having seen the destruction of chimp habitats across Africa and the way they are treated in captive situations like labs and circus training, I knew that I could no longer sit in my beautiful forest. I had to come out and try and do something to help. From that day, I haven't been more than three weeks in any one place."

The article discusses her efforts to help Africa, mentioning that she will be starting her own coffee label to help the farmers of Tanzania.

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