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A Day with the Chimpanzees of Ngamba Island
Written by Sophie Muset, Manager, Africa Programs & Operations, the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada. Toronto, Ontario. 6pm. Hundreds of giant fruits bats are flying above our heads, while the sun...
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IKEA Monkey: Domestic Darwin or Wild Japanese Macaque?
Written by Mallory Mos, JGI Canada Youth Leadership Council Correspondent. Waterloo, Ontario. The IKEA monkey may have been given a name, Darwin, a shearling winter coat, and numerous other human-like...
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There’s a Chimpanzee in My Office
This is Cornelius, the plush chimp toy that sits on my desk at work. I got him a few years ago through the Jane Goodall Institute of Canada (JGI Canada), and he has joined me at my day job ever since....
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New Home, New Life
There are days when it is truly difficult to find something happy to write about…but today isn’t one of those days! As I mentioned in my last post about Cornelius, my symbolically adopted stuffed...
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A New Era
Last year I had a chance to visit the Fauna Foundation, a sanctuary in Montreal for chimpanzees “retired” from research laboratories and entertainment. The Fauna Foundation received a lot of press...
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A Chimp Haven
“They sit and look around. They look up at the sky. To me, they seem to be thinking, ‘There’s no bars.’” - Amy Fultz Chimp Haven’s Behaviour and Education Program Manager On January 22, 2013, the...
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Being a JGI ‘Newby’
I tend to tout my status as a JGI Canada newby. I’m proud to be a part of it! In my short time here, I’ve learned so much. I don’t just mean stuff like policies and programming – I’ve had this...
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Happy Birthday, Dr. Jane!
Copyright JGI Canada/ Izzy Hirji I’ve always had this notion that “when I grew up”, I would make a difference. At age 8, I’d decided that becoming a doctor would be a noble career path that would allow...
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Michael Jackson’s Chimp, Bubbles: A failed attempt at keeping a chimpanzee
Many Michael Jackson fans might recall his iconic pet chimpanzee, Bubbles, with whom he was inseparable back in the late 1980s. Bubbles was never far from Jackson’s side, and often dressed similarly to...
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National Institutes of Health to End Biomedical Research on Chimpanzees
Contributed by Izzy Hirji, Candidate, Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. University of Guelph. It is an historic day to be celebrated today, and the end of an era for chimpanzees. I can’t recall how...
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