Jane Goodall and her son, Eric who was known as "Grub."
Childhood
I was born in London, England on April 3, 1934. Not long after I was born, we moved to a small farm in France. When I was about five, we had to move once again because France was being invaded by the Nazis and it was no longer safe to stay there. Me, my sister, Judy, my Mother and Father, my mother's two sisters, Olwen and Audrey, and some other women that needed a secure place to live all moved in to a lovely house that my father grew up in called The Birches. When I lived in the Birches, their was a hotel around the corner that owned a brown dog named Rusty. Rusty was very friendly and unusually intelligent. "Never again will thre be another dog like Rusty."
In the Jungle
I was twenty-six years old when I finally made it to Gombe National Park in Africa. That was chimpanzee land. A couple months before then, I was sure that I was going to Gombe that very week. But when I arrived at the place where the boat was boarding, a man said that it was too dangerous because African people living in Gombe were killing white people that came there. My mother spent th first four months in Gombe with me and then returned home. I mfound myself face to face with lions, jaguars, and bison. None of these animals hurt me but three lions rippd open my cook's tent! The first chimp to warm up to me was David Greybeard. He would visit my camp from time to time and steel bananas from my tent and even from my hand. I had been in Gombe for about a year, when my boss, Louis Leakey, sent a photographer named Hugo Van Lawick. Later, me and Hugo wnt back to England and got married. Then, we returned to Gombe together. During my time in the jungle with Hugo, I had a baby of my own named Eric Louis Van Lawick. He was known as "Grub." When Grub got a bit older, me, Hugo, and Grub all went back to Gombe. The Jungle was not safe for someone as small as Grub so we built a massive, fenced in area behind our house so that he could have a safe place to play. Eventually, almost a whole troop of chimps became my friend. I gave them all names like Frodo, Goliath, Little Jay, Fifi, and much more.
Where I am Now
I am known for my love of chimpanzees but I am interested about all endangered animals and I am worried about them. Today, I live in London and I am seventy-eight years old. There is a program called the Jane Goodall Institute where people work hard to save endangered animals. I am still doing all that I can to help animals live better lives. "If we all start listening and helping, surely, we can make the world a better place for all of nature's creatures."
For more information, go to www.JaneGoodall.org
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I was born in London, England on April 3, 1934. Not long after I was born, we moved to a small farm in France. When I was about five, we had to move once again because France was being invaded by the Nazis and it was no longer safe to stay there. Me, my sister, Judy, my Mother and Father, my mother's two sisters, Olwen and Audrey, and some other women that needed a secure place to live all moved in to a lovely house that my father grew up in called The Birches. When I lived in the Birches, their was a hotel around the corner that owned a brown dog named Rusty. Rusty was very friendly and unusually intelligent. "Never again will thre be another dog like Rusty."
In the Jungle
I was twenty-six years old when I finally made it to Gombe National Park in Africa. That was chimpanzee land. A couple months before then, I was sure that I was going to Gombe that very week. But when I arrived at the place where the boat was boarding, a man said that it was too dangerous because African people living in Gombe were killing white people that came there. My mother spent th first four months in Gombe with me and then returned home. I mfound myself face to face with lions, jaguars, and bison. None of these animals hurt me but three lions rippd open my cook's tent! The first chimp to warm up to me was David Greybeard. He would visit my camp from time to time and steel bananas from my tent and even from my hand. I had been in Gombe for about a year, when my boss, Louis Leakey, sent a photographer named Hugo Van Lawick. Later, me and Hugo wnt back to England and got married. Then, we returned to Gombe together. During my time in the jungle with Hugo, I had a baby of my own named Eric Louis Van Lawick. He was known as "Grub." When Grub got a bit older, me, Hugo, and Grub all went back to Gombe. The Jungle was not safe for someone as small as Grub so we built a massive, fenced in area behind our house so that he could have a safe place to play. Eventually, almost a whole troop of chimps became my friend. I gave them all names like Frodo, Goliath, Little Jay, Fifi, and much more.
Where I am Now
I am known for my love of chimpanzees but I am interested about all endangered animals and I am worried about them. Today, I live in London and I am seventy-eight years old. There is a program called the Jane Goodall Institute where people work hard to save endangered animals. I am still doing all that I can to help animals live better lives. "If we all start listening and helping, surely, we can make the world a better place for all of nature's creatures."
For more information, go to www.JaneGoodall.org
Information from: My Life with the Chimpanzees by:Jane Goodall Photos from:Photopin.com