Jane Goodall–Personal Side Of Public Life
Written by Vegetarian Star on January 13th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Authors.
This year Jane Goodall celebrates 50 years since starting her work with chimpanzees.
She’s gained more attention from mainstream media through a recent book, a BBC documentary to be released in the spring and a film, Jane’s Journey, to be premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
The Jane Goodall Institute was recently awarded a four-year grant worth more than $5.5 million from the The U.S. Agency for International Development to expand conservation programs in Tanzania.
The renown scientist and environmentalist has always worked for the good of animals, even when her work caused a rift in her personal life.
Her son, Hugo, also known as Grub, is now developing an eco-tourist project in Tanzania.
But he once participated in commercial fishing, something vegetarian Jane disapproved of, and this hindered their relationship, according to The Guardian.
Goodall was raised Christian, but feels the interpretation of man having dominion over animals is incorrect, insisting the real meaning is “stewardship.”
Unlike some who identify with the same religion, Jane sees no contradiction believe evolution and God, and feels her work has made her even more spiritual.
“I realised that my experience in the forest, my understanding of the chimpanzees, had given me a new perspective,” she wrote in her book, Reason For Hope. “I was utterly convinced there was a great spiritual power that we call God, Allah or Brahma, although I knew, equally certainly, that my finite mind could never comprehend its form or nature.”
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