The first world chimpanzee day is celebrated on July 14

The first World Chimp Day is celebrated on July 14, 2018: World Chimpanzee Day, announced by Jane Goodall Institute Italia, the non-profit organization that began pioneering studies on this species and will celebrate # 39; event with other Jane Goodall institutes around the world and many other activists and organizations

The pioneering research on chimpanzees

The choice of the date for this event is not accidental since 39; it corresponds to the day when the English ethologist and naturalist, Jane Goodall, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Peace Messenger, set foot, for the first time in 1960 , in what is today Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania. Here, he started his research on chimpanzees. This year's World Day, said the badociation, "is a tribute to our closest relative in the animal kingdom, but it is also an opportunity to raise awareness of the serious dangers that threaten this extraordinary species." , from the destruction of natural habitats to diseases, to the trafficking of wildlife ". The Jane Goodall Institute invites you to join the Day "to highlight the extraordinary nature of these beings and to shed light on the threats they face."

The state of the species in Italy

According to the most recent estimates. 2030 could remain only 10% of the natural habitat of chimpanzees. There are more than 350,000 chimpanzees in the wild. The JGI Italy publishes on this occasion the census of chimpanzees and anthropomorphous monkeys in our country, where there are many animals kept in captivity: there are now 49 chimpanzees, the youngest of whom has only four chimpanzees. a year, the oldest is rather a 52-year-old man. There is also a gorilla and two orangutans. Over the years, collaboration between the Rifle Corps Corps and JGI Italy has resulted in the transfer of two chimpanzees removed to the Netherlands (Bingo) and South Africa (Cozy) and another to Zambia. Congo (Rambo). "Some structures in Italy – concludes the badociation – still have a lot to do to improve the living conditions of chimpanzees, respecting their physical well-being and their behavioral balance".

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