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Jane and Gregoire
by Michael "Nick" Nichols
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Gregoire, 63, is the oldest chimpanzee
in the Jane Goodall Institute sanctuary program. The
Anthropology Club gives a yearly donation to the Institute through
the Chimp Guardian Program. Our contribution supports
chimpanzee sanctuaries in Africa, covering food, medicine and
shelter.
"Brazzaville Zoo, Congo, 1994
When I first saw this old man in 1990, the sign above his cage
read "Gregoire 1945." Could it be that he was captured and put
in this pitiful zoo at the end of World War II? He had horrible
cataracts and almost no hair on his starving body.
On this day, Jane went into his cage to see how he would
react to close contact with humans. The door of his cage was so
long unopened that it was firmly rusted shut. Gergoire was later
moved to be with other chimps at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Sanctuary."
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