The Chimpanzoo Project

In the book, ‘Through a Window: My Thirty Years With The Chimpanzees of Gombe,’ written by Jane Goodall, explains the lives of chimpanzees. There are a lot of similarities and some differences between chimps and human lives in terms of social behavior, intellectual ability and their emotional stages as seen from different stages of their lives in the natural setting.

In the National Geographic documentary film, Among the Wild Chimpanzees, Jane Goodall pursues her desire to understand and investigate the foreign chimpanzees as it was a study of three generations on chimpanzees which was the longest study of any wild animal group in the world. Jane Goodall grew up in Bournemouth, England and since she was a young child, she was always fascinated with animals which enlightened her passion in investigating these chimpanzees even though many said, “You’ll never get near the chimpanzees.” Regardless of this, Jane Goodall’s approach to studying the chimpanzee's became revolutionary as it allowed future generations to further investigate chimpanzees. When the anthropologist Louis Leakey sent Jane on a mission

Despite a lack of scientific academic education, Jane Goodall’s work on the chimpanzees made revolutionary breakthrough in the field of understanding chimpanzee behavior. It was all made possible by her firm belief on her unconventional methods which academics in the field eyed with cynicism and felt was pointless. Such pessimistic outlook on her efforts from established academics did not blight her morale; instead she carried on with her methods of analyzing the chimpanzee population with full enthusiasm and self belief.

Goodall, J. (1971). In the Shadow of Man. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. The author’s goal in writing this book is to discuss her experiences and what she had learned from studying wild Chimpanzees. Goodall wrote this book in order to convey her knowledge of a species of animal she loves very much, so that others may become educated and join her in protecting them. She dreamed of going to Africa to see them, and was offered a job by Dr. Lewis Leakey. Goodall wanted nothing more than a chance to help. Her experiences in surrounding herself with them have completely changed the way scientists conduct field research. Whether she intended to or not, the data she has collected has debunked myths and uncovered truths about chimpanzees, while bringing more light to human behavior.

Within this essay, we will study more in depth the behavioral as well as physical traits of two primates at a zoo from their interaction with their peers to their place in the group. This observation would enable us to further understand the possible existing correlation between humans and primates. First, I studied a female chimpanzee with her baby, and then, a dominant male gorilla, in San Francisco Zoo at about noon, on May 23, 2015, for an hour each. Even though they share some similarities such as having a large brain, living for a long time, and being bored in their enclosure, they are still different; when gorillas are the largest, chimpanzees are the smartest. In fact, chimps use tools to catch food, they would not be able to reach

The Jane Goodall Institute website provides information about the projects regarding the protection of chimpanzees and other primates. Based on the institute’s initiative to protect the primates by providing education to the community, supporting sanctuaries, and working with law enforcements (website JGI). Furthermore, the information provided on the program Roots & Shoots points out a guide to those interested in helping the wild life, and provides aid to elaborate new plans to help the primates. The first step is to acknowledge the problem, in this case is finding a way to protect the chimpanzees. Second, to elaborate a pan, the JGI conservation program uses technology such as cloud computing and remote sensing to provide up to date information on the

On Friday, March 31, a observation study was conducted at the L.A. Zoo. The time of arrival for the observation was at 11:48 am and the end of the observation was at 2:42 pm. The weather condition at the zoo was very sunny with a mild gust of wind every so often, which is a perfect weather condition to conduct a study. The main reason for conducting this observation study was to study and gather information about the many different types of primate that are located at the zoo. To see how different or similar each primate is to one anotherin different aspects.

One reason Jane Goodall is considered a great scientists is because of her field study on chimpanzees in the wild. Goodall’s chimpanzee field study at

In conclusion, Jane Goodall struggled for a change in how Chimpanzees are researched. She once said, “the least I can do is speak out for those who cannot speak for themselves” when it comes to researching Chimpanzees. Goodall started working for a documentary film and decided to go to africa, made lots of discoveries, and had a huge impact on

Jane Goodall has done many things to help the environment in many ways and one was she helped the chimpanzees.Jane Goodall proved scientist and environmentalist wrong about chimps and monkeys (“Jane Goodall”). She spent all her late life with chimpanzees(“Jane Goodall”). She tried to promote Africans

One well know organization that is out there trying to fight for the rights of Great Apes is, the Great Ape Project (GAP), located São Paulo - SP - Brazil. GAP is an international movement that aims to defend the rights of non-human great primates, which are the closest relatives in the animal kingdom. They believe that the abuse of great apes in laboratories, circus, entertainment shows, and zoo can be considered as a kind of slavery. When great apes are unable to be release to the forest because of mistreatment, this is when the mission turns to provide the best quality of life and state of welfare for the animal in captivity. They state that in the sanctuaries, chimpanzees are treated for physical and psychological traumas and stress caused

A nine-month undercover investigation by the Humane Society of the United States has revealed unlawful mistreatment of hundreds of chimpanzees and other primates at a federally funded New Iberia Research Center (NIRC) in Louisiana. The NIRC cages about 6,000 monkeys and 325 chimpanzees on its 100 acres which is a massive amount. The investigation reveals animals forced with anxiety and discomfort behind bars of this research facility. Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace which advocates improved welfare for and better knowledge of chimpanzees, primates, and other animals said, “In no lab I have visited have I seen so many chimpanzees exhibit such intense fear” (Humane Society). In 1900, close to 1 million chimpanzees lived in the wild, as of today there are as few as 340,000, which is an astonishing drop of population.

The adult chimpanzees that are infected with viral diseases are locked in a dark cage without any type of stimulation or walking. These isolated chimpanzees can remain in this horrible condition for fifty years. The baby primates are separated from their mothers and some die in the cages before being infected with any virus. Other primates are sick from neglect and suffer facial abrasions. The disturbing conditions at the SEMA facility caused such uproar among animal rights activists, that primatologist; Dr. Jane Goodall called for the closing of the laboratory

The conservation of Chimpanzees is the idea of protecting this endangered species from going extinct. The ides of protecting the chimps are motivated by their human like characteristics, and ability to be seen as “little people”. People want to save the reflection of themselves because they feel that a piece of our human history will be lost without them.

“Zoos try to make the animal’s enclosure as interesting as possible. One way of doing this is through ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT. Enrichment is the use of novel objects or ideas to increase the natural behaviour of the animals. Different objects and methods are used for different animals.” (1)