Legendary primatologist and UN Messenger of Peace and Founder Jane Goodall has d!ed aged 91
A tireless advocate’ for the protection of our natural world, she dedicated her life to chimpanzees and worked on ground-breaking studies for almost 70 years. She passed away while on tour in California, it has been announced.
She was on a stage in New York city just a week before her death with her website stating her mission involved “building an international community of action fuelled by hope is at the center of what drives Dr. Goodall and the Jane Goodall Institute”.
The episode, from Season 12, showed a character resembling Goodall being accused of exploiting chimpanzees. The storyline quickly escalated into a parody that depicted her as greedy and unstable.
“How could you exploit your beloved chimps like this?” Lisa asks in the episode. Bart chimes in, “I think we should look at her research before we condemn her entirely.” Lisa adds,”These are just pictures of monkeys from famous movies. This is disgraceful, doctor.”
The animated version of Goodall responds, “All right, so I snapped. You don’t understand the crushing loneliness and greed.”
When the show originally aired, the portrayal sparked some criticism for taking aim at Goodall, who was widely respected for her decades of field research on chimpanzees in Tanzania. At the time, producers issued a tongue-in-cheek apology in a later post.
On the official Simpsons Instagram account, a 2022 upload of the scene included the caption, “Our apologies to Jane Goodall.”
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She has gone to rest
RIP
REST IN PEACE