"We, in part, brought Covid-19 on ourselves." Jane Goodall

                       "WE, IN PART, BROUGHT COVID-19 ON OURSELVES."

Sixty years ago a young Englishwoman, Jane Goodall, made an important scientific observation in the rainforest of Gambia in Tanzania. "She witnessed a creature, other than a human in the act of not just using a tool, but of making one." The story, "Chimps with everything: Jane Goodalls 50 years in the jungle"  by Robert McKie was carried in The Guardian on June 27, 2010.




In an interview broadcast on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, Jane Goodall, now a world famous primatologist and anthropologist said "We, humans, in part brought COVID-19 on ourselves by our disrespect of nature and disrespect of animals." 

She was speaking to the media during a Press Conference as part of the 50th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF). "We push animals into closer contact with humans. We hunt them, eat them, traffic them, sell them as exotic pets around the world, we put them in factory farms in terrible close conditions and all these situations can lead to an environment where a pathogen like a virus can jump from an animal to a person where it may cause  a new disease like COVID-19," she said.

Now 86 years of age Jane Goodall, a renowned ethologist, has devoted her life to the protection of chimpanzees. She has a passion for primates. She also has "a drive to make a difference regarding how we all see and treat our environment." 

She launched "Roots and Shoots" in 1991. The aim of the initiative is to empower young people to take part in community ecological and animal care schemes.

She also "dedicates her time to encouraging other people to learn about animal-human conservation and the effects of climate change."

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