Think about it. How many environmental activists inspire hope? What distinguishes this extraordinary environmentalist from others is the hope she continues to offer. Four of her twenty-one books have this word ‘hope’ in their titles. Her best-selling autobiography is titled: Reason for Hope. The fifth book, published a few months ago, is called The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times. She has also been called “the world’s best-known naturalist.” Her spectacular knowledge of animals and nature, born of patient observation, study and research, has changed a lot of our attitudes to animals and our world.
Jane Goodall was born in London on 03 April 1934. Jane loved animals even as a child. When she was just over one year old, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee. While friends feared that such a gift would cause nightmares for a child, Jane loved the toy, calling the chimpanzee Jubilee, and carrying it everywhere. Even as a girl, Jane dreamt of living in Africa to watch and write about animals.
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