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These will certainly not be the first sanctuaries for abused or unwanted chimpanzees. The first in Africa was begun in the late 1960s by Eddie Brewer. As a government official in charge of wildlife, Eddie confiscated young chimpanzees being smuggled through the Gambia (where, by then, chimpanzees had become extinct). His daughter, Stella, subsequently moved the chimps to Senegal, where every effort was made to reintroduce them into a natural habitat. Unfortunately, the wild chimpanzees objected to the intrusion into their territory, and it was necessary to remove the ex-captives and relocate them on Baboon Island on the Gambia River. For many years now this project has been carried on by an extraordinarily dedicated individual, Janice Carter.

A truly remarkable British couple living in Zambia, Sheila and David Siddle, have turned their home into a refuge for confiscated youngsters. Chimpanzees are not endemic to Zambia, and most of the orphans were confiscated after being smuggled out of Zaire. The Siddles have constructed a remarkable eight-acre enclosure and have an ambitious plan to fence in a huge area of bushland where, eventually, the whole group can roam in relative freedom. In almost every country in Africa where chimpanzees still live there is this problem of orphans. The Jane Goodall Institute itself operates five sanctuaries for orphaned chimpanzees in Kenya, Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania, and two in Uganda.

In Chapter 19 I introduced those champions of abused chimpanzees, Simon and Peggy Templar. Some of their confiscated youngsters went out to the Gambia, but more recently the battered orphans from the Spanish beach racket have been finding refuge at Monkey World in Dorset, England. This sanctuary was created through the combined efforts of Jim Cronin, Steve Matthews and veterinarian Ken Park.
Some of these youngsters were in pitiful shape when they arrived, but they were nurtured, played with, disciplined and loved by Jeremy Keeling, a truly caring person whose exceptional rapport with chimpanzees has done much to heal their mental scars.

In summary, the plight of chimpanzees worldwide is grim. In Africa there is desperate need for funding—for surveys, for studies and for sanctuaries—and a need too for qualified and dedicated people to conduct the surveys and studies. There is a growing need for sanctuaries outside Africa too, as illegal shipments of chimpanzees are confiscated in various countries, as individuals are rescued from the entertainment and pet trade, and as others are retired from laboratory research. Yet somehow I feel sure that wonderful and dedicated people like those who have already contributed so much and provided so many homeless chimpanzees with sanctuary—and love—will appear. Humans, through ignorance and greed, have brought hundreds of chimpanzees to this pitiful state; humans, through concern and compassion, must do what they can to address the wrong.

For more information, contact:

The Jane Goodall Institute for Wildlife Research,
Education and Conservation
4245 North Fairfax Drive
Suite 600
Arlington, VA 22203
1-800-592-JANE

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———. 1967.
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J
ANE GOODALL'S WORK
—begun at Gombe fifty years ago—has influenced and inspired hundreds of people and still touches the lives of millions as she continues to give lectures and attend conferences worldwide.

Jane and the Gombe research inspired generations of scientists, many of them women, to work in science and conservation and at universities around the globe.

A huge body of work from Jane and other scientists and field staff has come out of Gombe. The estimated numbers of publications, papers, and films inspired by this work are impressive:

• 200 scientific papers
  
• 41 Ph.D. theses relating to chimpanzees, baboons, monkeys, and ecology (of these students nineteen were women)
  
• 16 major films by renowned companies, such as Discovery/ Animal Planet, National Geographic, BBC, HBO, and PBS; a large screen format film seen in 83 countries by over three million people; and a film for worldwide cinematic distribution launched for the fiftieth anniversary of Jane's research at Gombe. Film teams from Japan, France, Germany, Austria, France, and Hungary have also made films about Jane and Gombe.
  
• Hundreds of articles
  
• 38 books, of which Jane Goodall published 14 (not to mention the 8 children's books she also authored). Many of these books have been translated into foreign languages, including
  In the Shadow of Man,
  which has been translated into 52 languages.
  

Contributors

The following are some of the people who contributed to the collection of data and the administration at the Gombe Stream Research Centre. A full list of contributors will be made available on the Jane Goodall Institute website in 2010.

Four people stand out (in addition to Jane Goodall) for their very major contributions:

H
UGO VAN
L
AWICK
, photographer and filmmaker, was able to document, for the first time, much of the behavior of the Gombe chimpanzees and baboons. It was his material, distributed through National Geographic documentaries and magazine articles, that validated Jane Goodall's observations (she had no university degree at the time), and he played a major role in establishing the research station.

D
EREK
B
RYCESON
, as Director of National Parks, was able to help Jane maintain the research after the 1975 kidnapping incident made it impossible for several years for foreign students to work at Gombe.

A
NNE
P
USEY
took on the task of computerizing all the data from 1960 to the present, working, with her students at Minnesota (and now Duke), to create a unique database of Gombe chimpanzee behavior.

A
NTHONY
C
OLLINS
not only has conducted and directed baboon research at Gombe since 1972, but also has played an extraordinarily important role in maintaining good relations with the central and local government officers, linking field staff and visiting researchers, representing Gombe to the local community and throughout Tanzania, and maintaining continuity within the Research Centre.

Directors:
Jane Goodall, Anthony Collins (Baboon Research), Larry Goldman, Shadrack Kamenya, Bill McGrew, Anna Mosser, Janette Wallis, Michael Wilson.

Interim Directors:
Michael Simpson, Geza Teleki, Richard Wrangham.

Administrators/Support:
Tsolo Do Fisoo, Janeth Kamenya, Jumanne Rashidi Kikwale, Etha Lohay, Nick Pickford, Gerald Rilling, Emilie van Zinnicq Bergmann Riss, Frank Silkiluwasha.

Support in Kigoma:
Tony and Blanche Brescia, Jamnadas Ramji Dharsi, Jayant and Kirit Vaitha.

Researchers:
Jared Bakuza, Harold Bauer, Anna Bosacker (Baboons), Tim Clutton Brock (Red Colobus Monkeys), Curt Busse, David Bygott, Caroline Coleman, Deus Cyprian, Kate Detwiler (Redtail and Blue Monkey Hybrids), Carolos Drews (Baboons), Edna Koning Frost, Leah Gardner-Domb (Baboons), Roy Gereau (Botany), Ian Gilby, Elizabeth Greengrass, Stewart Halperin, Helen Hendy (Baboons), Kevin Hunt, Sonia Ivey, Love Jane, Elizabeth Lonsdorf, Magdalena Lukasik, Adeline Lyaruu, Frank Mbago (Botany), Pat McGinnis, Christina Mueller-Graf (Baboons), Carson Murray, Leanne Nash (Baboons), Sood Athumani Ndimuligo, Felicia Nutter, Nick Owens (Baboons), Craig Packer (Baboons), Lilian Pintea (GPS and Satellite Mapping), Frans Plooij, Tim Ransom (Baboons), David Riss, David Gardner Roberts, Craig Stanford (Red Colobus Monkeys), Bonnie Stern (Baboons), Caroline Tutin, Charlotte Uhlenbroek, Bill Wallauer (Videographer), Sharon Watt (Red Colobus Monkeys), Chris Whittier, Jennifer Williams.

Visiting Senior Researchers:
Chris Boehm, Christophe Boesch, Peter Buirski, David Gubernick, Beatrice Hahn (SIVcpz Research), Mike Huffman, Kathy Kerr, Hans Kummer, Linda Marchant, Peter Marler, Jim Moore, Mary-Ellen Morbeck (Skeleton Research), Ray Rhine, Barbara Smuts, Gen Yamakoshi, Adrienne Zihlman (Skeleton Research).

Senior Advisors:
David Hamburg, Robert Hinde.

Field Staff:
Our Tanzanian field staff are dedicated and hard working and we cannot thank them enough for all they have contributed to the work at Gombe. It is impossible to mention them all. In addition to the current (2009) team we also mention those who worked at Gombe for many years and made major contributions to the research.

Current Field Assistants (chimpanzees):
Gabo Paulo Zilikana (head of chimpanzee field assistants), Caroly Alberto, Saidi Hassani, Lamba Hilali, Iddi Issa, Kadaha John, Hassan Matama, Juma Mazogo, Hamisi Matama "Mzee Mlongwe" (Plants), Tofiki Mikidadi, Baliwa Issa Mpongo, Matendo Msafiri, Abbas M. Mwehemba, Issa Salala, Methodi Vyampi, Respis Vyampi, Selemani Yahaya, Simon Yohana.

Current Baboon Staff:
Marini Bwenda, Issa Rukamata, Sufi Hamisi Rukamata, Jumanne Bushingwa, Faridu Juma Mkukwe.

Field staff who made major contributions over many years:
Hilali Matama, Esilom Mpongo, Hamisi Mkono, Yahaya Alamasi, Juma Mkukwe, Rugema Bambaganya, Daudi Gilagiza, Issa Mpongo, Appolinaire Sindimwo (Baboons).

TACARE and the Greater Gombe Ecosystem (GGE): Heads of sections and other key personnel:
Grace Gobbo, Aristides Kashula, Amani Kingu, Mary Mavanza (Director TACARE), Emmanuel Mtiti (Director GGE), Sania Rumelezi, George Strunden (Founder Director TACARE).

Masito-Ugalla Ecosystem:
Emil Kayega (Director), Sood Athumani Ndimuligo (Conservation Biologist).

JGI Tanzania (for their supporting role):
Pancras Ngalson (Executive Director), Frederick Kimaro (Financial Controller).