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===Activism=== [[File:Jane Goodall and Allyson Reed.jpg|thumb|Goodall with Allyson Reed of [[Skulls Unlimited International]], at the [[Association of Zoos and Aquariums]] annual conference in September 2009]] Goodall credits the 1986 ''Understanding Chimpanzees'' conference, hosted by the [[Chicago Academy of Sciences]], with shifting her focus from observation of chimpanzees to a broader and more intense concern with animal-human conservation.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Goodall Recalls '86 Chicago Lesson |work=Chicago Tribune |date=19 August 2016 |author=Johnson, Steve |at=Section 1; p. 3}}</ref> She is the former president of [[Advocates for Animals]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Tim |title=Is Jane Goodall about to lose her post? |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2011241/Is-Jane-Goodall-about-to-lose-her-post.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2011241/Is-Jane-Goodall-about-to-lose-her-post.html |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Telegraph |date=23 May 2008 |access-date=3 May 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> an organisation based in [[Edinburgh]], [[Scotland]], that campaigns against the use of animals in medical research, zoos, farming and sport.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 April 2023 |title=Leading anthropologist and activist Jane Goodall received a Greek gift for her 89th birthday |url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2023/04/03/jane-goodall-greek-gift-birthday/ |access-date=4 June 2024 |website=Greek City Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=OneKind.Scot campaigns |url=https://www.onekind.scot/campaigns/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170325083824/http://onekind.scot/campaigns |url-status=dead |archive-date=25 March 2017 |website=OneKind |access-date=3 May 2020 }}</ref> She is a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] and advocates the diet for ethical, environmental, and health reasons. In ''The Inner World of Farm Animals'' (2009), Goodall writes that farm animals are "far more aware and intelligent than we ever imagined and, despite having been bred as domestic slaves, they are individual beings in their own right. As such, they deserve our respect. And our help. Who will plead for them if we are silent?"<ref>Hatkoff, Amy. 2009. ''The Inner World of Farm Animals'', p. 13.</ref> Goodall has also said: "Thousands of people who say they 'love' animals sit down once or twice a day to enjoy the flesh of creatures who have been treated with so little respect and kindness just to make more meat."<ref>{{Cite book |author-last1=Baur |author-first1=Gene |author-last2=Stone |author-first2=Gene |title=Living the Farm Sanctuary Life: The Ultimate Guide to Eating Mindfully, Living Longer, and Feeling Better Every Day |publisher=Harmony/Rodale |year=2015 |page=10 |isbn=978-1-62336-489-2}}</ref> In 2021, Goodall became a [[Veganism|vegan]] and authored a cookbook titled ''Eat Meat Less''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Gwinn |first=Alison |title=Jane Goodall Shares Recipes, and a Mission |website=[[AARP]] |date=16 March 2021 |url=https://www.aarp.org/health/healthy-living/info-2021/jane-goodall-meatless-recipes.html |access-date=17 June 2022 |quote=A longtime vegetarian and now vegan, Goodall}}</ref> Goodall is an outspoken environmental advocate, speaking on the effects of climate change on endangered species such as chimpanzees. Goodall, alongside her foundation, collaborated with [[NASA]] to use satellite imagery from the Landsat series to remedy the effects of deforestation on chimpanzees and local communities in Western Africa by offering the villagers information on how to reduce activity and preserve their environment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/satellite-data-changed-chimpanzee-conservation-efforts |title=How Satellite Data Changed Chimpanzee Conservation Efforts |last=Hille |first=Karl |date=24 January 2017 |website=NASA |access-date=29 March 2020}}</ref> To ensure the safe and ethical treatment of animals during ethological studies, Goodall, alongside Professor [[Marc Bekoff|Mark Bekoff]], founded the organization Ethologists for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in 2000.<ref>Clayton, Philip, and Jim Schaal, editors. "Jane Goodall." ''Practicing Science, Living Faith: Interviews with Twelve Leading Scientists'', by William Phillips, Columbia University Press, New York, 2007, pp. 15β40. {{JSTOR|10.7312/clay13576.6}} Accessed 1 April 2020.</ref> In 2008, Goodall gave a lecture entitled "Reason for Hope" at the University of San Diego's Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jane Goodall |url=http://swanmeadschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jane-Goodall.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801231440/http://swanmeadschool.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Jane-Goodall.pdf |archive-date=1 August 2020 |work=swanmeadschool.co.uk}}</ref> and in the same year demanded the [[European Union]] end the use of medical research on animals and ensure more funding for alternative methods of medical research.<ref>"Dr Jane Goodall appeals to EU to impose ban on animal testing". (28 May 2008). Associated Press.</ref> She controversially described [[Edinburgh Zoo]]'s new primate enclosure as a "wonderful facility" where monkeys "are probably better off [than those] living in the wild in an area like [[Budongo Forest|Budongo]], where one in six gets caught in a wire snare, and countries like [[Republic of the Congo|Congo]], where chimpanzees, monkeys and gorillas are shot for food commercially."<ref name="Times">Mike Wade, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080906120137/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article3972868.ece "Zoos are best hope, says Jane Goodall".] ''The Times'', 20 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.</ref> This was in conflict with Advocates for Animals' position on captive animals.<ref name="Telegraph">Tim Walker, [https://web.archive.org/web/20080526005435/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/2011241/Is-Jane-Goodall-about-to-lose-her-post.html Is Jane Goodall about to lose her post?], ''The Daily Telegraph'', 23 May 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008. "She's entitled to her opinion, but our position isn't going to change. We oppose the keeping of animals in captivity for entertainment."</ref> In June that year, she resigned the presidency of the organisation which she had held since 1998, citing her busy schedule and explaining, "I just don't have time for them."<ref name="Science">Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, [http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/320/5881/1269a "Defending captivity".] ''Science'', Vol. 320. no. 5881, p. 1269, 6 June 2008. Retrieved 18 July 2008.</ref> Goodall is a patron of the population concern charity [[Population Matters]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Population Matters Patrons |url=http://www.populationmatters.org/about/people/patrons/ |website=www.populationmatters.org |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625195121/http://populationmatters.org/about/people/patrons/ |archive-date=25 June 2014 }}</ref> and {{as of|2017|lc=y}} is an ambassador for [[Disneynature]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bears: Production Notes |url=http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/bears/writen-material/bears534831541c35e.pdf |website=The Walt Disney Company |publisher=The Walt Disney Studios |access-date=6 June 2014 |page=20 |archive-date=11 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170711031706/http://www.wdsmediafile.com/media/bears/writen-material/bears534831541c35e.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2010, Goodall, through [[Jane Goodall Institute|JGI]], formed a coalition with a number of organizations such as the [[Wildlife Conservation Society]] (WCS) and the [[Humane Society of the United States]] (HSUS) and petitioned to list all chimpanzees, including those that are captive, as [[Endangered species|endangered]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/petition-fws-endangered-chimpanzees.pdf |title=Petition Before the Fish and Wildlife Service |website=Humane Society |date=16 March 2010 |access-date=8 April 2020 |archive-date=3 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803062228/https://www.humanesociety.org/sites/default/files/docs/petition-fws-endangered-chimpanzees.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2015, the U.S. [[United States Fish and Wildlife Service|Fish and Wildlife Service]] (USFWS) announced that they would accept this rule and that all chimpanzees would be classified as endangered.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/science/chimpanzees-endangered-fish-and-wildlife-service.html |title=U.S. Will Call All Chimps 'Endangered' |last=St. Fleur |first=Nicholas |date=12 June 2015 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> In 2011, she became a patron of the Australian animal protection group [[Voiceless (animal rights group)|Voiceless]]. "I have for decades been concerned about factory farming, in part because of the tremendous harm inflicted on the environment, but also because of the shocking ongoing cruelty perpetuated on millions of sentient beings."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voiceless, the animal protection institute |url=https://www.voiceless.org.au/who-we-are/jane-goodall |access-date=4 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032918/https://www.voiceless.org.au/who-we-are/jane-goodall |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2012, she took on the role of challenger for the Engage in Conservation Challenge with [[The DO School]], formerly known as the D&F Academy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Internationales Kooperationsprojekt 'Engage in Conservation' |url=http://www.janegoodall.de/internationales-kooperationsprojekt-engage-in-conservation/ |access-date=12 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312211937/http://www.janegoodall.de/internationales-kooperationsprojekt-engage-in-conservation/ |archive-date=12 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> She worked with a group of aspiring social entrepreneurs to create a workshop to engage young people in conserving biodiversity, and to tackle a perceived global lack of awareness of the issue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conservation Challenge |url=http://thedoschool.org/challenges/engage-in-conservation-challenge/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130815055724/http://thedoschool.org/challenges/engage-in-conservation-challenge/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 August 2013 |access-date=12 March 2014}}</ref> In 2014, Goodall wrote to [[Air France]] executives, criticizing the airline's continued transport of monkeys to laboratories. Goodall called the practice "cruel" and "traumatic" for the monkeys involved. The same year, Goodall also wrote to the [[National Institutes of Health]] (NIH) to criticize maternal deprivation experiments on baby monkeys in NIH laboratories.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Meikle |first1=James |title=Jane Goodall and Peter Gabriel urge Air France to stop ferrying lab monkeys |url=https://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/may/20/jane-goodall-peter-gabriel-air-france-stop-monkeys-transport |access-date=28 January 2015 |agency=The Guardian |date=20 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=King |first1=Barbara |title=Still Now, Should Lab Monkeys Be Deprived Of Their Mothers? |url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2014/09/11/347656361/still-now-should-lab-monkeys-be-deprived-of-their-mothers |access-date=28 January 2015 |agency=NPR |date=11 September 2014}}</ref> Prior to the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 UK general election]], she endorsed the parliamentary candidacy of the [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green Party]]'s [[Caroline Lucas]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/apr/24/celebrities-sign-statement-support-caroline-lucas-not-green-party |title=Celebrities sign statement of support for Caroline Lucas β but not the Greens |work=The Guardian |location=London |first=Jessica |last=Elgot |date=24 April 2015 |access-date=22 July 2015}}</ref> She is a critic of [[fox hunting]] and signed a letter to Members of Parliament in 2015 opposing the [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]] prime minister [[David Cameron]]'s plan to amend the [[Hunting Act 2004]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/news/1324609-snp-to-vote-against-tories-on-fox-hunting-ban-in-england-and-wales/ |title=SNP to vote against Tories on fox hunting ban in England and Wales |work=STV |date=13 July 2015 |access-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150715203740/http://news.stv.tv/scotland-decides/news/1324609-snp-to-vote-against-tories-on-fox-hunting-ban-in-england-and-wales/ |archive-date=15 July 2015}}</ref> In August 2019, Goodall was honoured for her contributions to science with a bronze sculpture in [[Midtown Manhattan]] alongside nine other women, part of the [[Statues for Equality]] project.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.6sqft.com/10-bronze-sculptures-of-powerful-women-are-on-view-outside-a-midtown-office-building |title=10 bronze sculptures of powerful women are on view outside a Midtown office building |website=6sqft |language=en-US |access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> In 2020 she advocated for [[ecocide]] (mass damage or destruction of nature) to be made an international crime, stating βThe concept of Ecocide is long overdue. It could lead to an important change in the way people perceive β and respond to β the current environmental crisis.β<ref>{{Cite web |title=Supporters of Ecocide Law |url=https://www.stopecocide.earth/supporters |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=Stop Ecocide International |language=en-US |archive-date=6 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606045438/https://www.stopecocide.earth/supporters |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 October 2021 |title=Ecocide as an international crime |url=https://una.org.uk/magazine/2021-1/ecocide-international-crime |access-date=2 June 2023 |website=UNA_UK |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecocide Law: The Use of Hard Law to Complement Soft Law |url=https://harvardilj.org/2021/05/ecocide-law-the-use-of-hard-law-to-complement-soft-law/ |access-date=2 June 2023 |language=en-US |archive-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230608141749/https://harvardilj.org/2021/05/ecocide-law-the-use-of-hard-law-to-complement-soft-law/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> That same year, Goodall vowed to plant 5 million trees, part of the 1 trillion tree initiative founded by the [[World Economic Forum]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/jane-goodall-name-a-tree-deforestation-davos/ |title=To save the planet's trees, we should treat them like people |website=World Economic Forum |date=22 January 2020 |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> In 2021, Goodall called on the EU Commission to abolish caging of farm animals.<ref>[https://www.ciwf.eu/news/2021/02/legendary-jane-goodall-140plus-scientists-call-on-eu-to-end-cages-in-farming ''Legendary Jane Goodall & 140+ scientists call on EU to end cages in farming''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204113019/https://www.ciwf.eu/news/2021/02/legendary-jane-goodall-140plus-scientists-call-on-eu-to-end-cages-in-farming |date=4 December 2022 }} from 23. February 2021 in Ciwf.eu.</ref> In 2021, Goodall joined the [[Rewriting Extinction]] campaign to fight the climate and biodiversity crisis through comics. She is listed as a contributor to the book ''The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World''<ref>{{Cite book |title=The Most Important Comic Book on Earth: Stories to Save the World |publisher=DK |year=2021 |isbn=978-0241513514}}</ref> which was released on 28 October 2021 by [[DK (publisher)|DK]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=DK signs Most Important Comic Book on Earth with Gervais, Delevingne and Dench |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/dk-snares-most-important-comic-book-earth-1266452 |access-date=10 August 2023 |website=The Bookseller |language=}}</ref>
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