Gregoire (chimpanzee)

Gregoire
	Gregoire
Species	chimpanzee
Born	1942
Died	December 17, 2008 (aged 65–66)

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. He was observed to have a pair bond relationship with the chimpanzee Clara. Previously he had been confined by himself 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.

Death

He died in his sleep in his bed of eucalyptus leaves at the Sanctuary's rehabilitation centre on December 17, 2008, aged 66.^[1] Gregoire was known around the world as an old chimpanzee, appearing 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

^ Viegas, Jennifer (23 December 2008). "Africa's Oldest Chimp, a Conservation Icon, Dies". Discovery Channel. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

External links

Biography and a video tribute at the Jane Goodall Institute website.

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[1] Viegas, Jennifer (23 December 2008). "Africa's Oldest Chimp, a Conservation Icon, Dies". Discovery Channel. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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