Gregoire (chimpanzee)
Gregoire (c.1942–December 17, 2008) was, up until his death, Africa's oldest known chimpanzee. For the last eleven years of his life, he was a resident of the Tchimpounga Sanctuary (part of the Jane Goodall Institute) in the Republic of the Congo. His special friend was the chimpanzee Clara. Previously he had lived in solitary confinement for more than 40 years in a cage at the Brazzaville Zoo before being rescued by staff of the Jane Goodall Institute and airlifted to the Sanctuary during a time of war. He died peacefully in his sleep in his bed of eucalyptus leaves at the Sanctuary's rehabiliation center on December 17, 2008 aged 66.[1] Gregoire was known around the world. He appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1995, in a BBC special, and in an Animal Planet film, Jane Goodall's Return to Gombe.
References
External links
- Biography and a video tribute at the Jane Goodall Institute website.
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