T he world has lost a legend. Dr Jane Goodall, the British primatologist who changed the way we see animals and inspired millions to protect nature, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 91 . She was more than a scientist. She was a storyteller, a campaigner, and a global voice for the wild.
Jane Goodall was born in London in 1934. Even as a child , she was curious about animals. She loved reading books about wild creatures and spent hours watching them. Once, as a little girl, she sat quietly in a chicken coop for hours just to see how a hen laid an egg. That patience and love for animals never left her.
In 1960, when she was 26, she travelled to Tanzania to study chimpanzees at Gombe Stream National Park. She had no formal degree in science, no laboratory, and no equipment ex