It was on 14 July 1960 that Dr Jane Goodall, the famous primatologist specialising in chimpanzees, first set foot on what is now Gombe Stream National Park, in Tanzania, to study this species in its natural habitat. Hence the date chosen by every organisation working for the conservation of chimpanzees for celebrating World Chimpanzee Day, when they all join together to call for the conservation of our primate cousins and alert the world to the problems facing them that threaten their survival in the wild.
For that special occasion, we will be meeting up, as the organisations working for the conservation of chimpanzees over here: a morning for celebrating with, through and for chimpanzees.
We encourage everyone who would like to come along and share this day with us at the Zoo and take part in all the activities we have prepared. For a world we can all live in! Come along and receive a commemorative badge!
WORLD CHIMPANZEE DAY PROGRAMME
Opens at 10 am
Information/merchandising marquees: Institut Jane Goodall España, SOS Primates, Fundació Mona and Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Pl. Dama del paraigua
10.30 am - 1 pm
‘Our hirsute cousins’ workshop, with the Zoo’s educators
Family activity continued in approx. 25-minute sessions.
Opposite the chimpanzee facility
11 am and 12 noon
Storytelling with the Jane Goodall Institute: ‘Once upon a time, there was... Jane!’
Pl. Dama del paraigua
11:30 am - 12 noon
Talk given by Laia Dotras, a Research Director at the Jane Goodall Institute - Spain, on the JGI in Senegal’s chimpanzee research and conservation project, which the Barcelona Zoo Foundation is collaborating in.
120th anniversary classroom, in the Aviary
12 noon to 2 pm Primate Treasure Hunt with SOS PRIMATES
Prize handed to the winner by the Chair of the Raúl Cabrera association at 2 pm.
Starts and finishes at Pl. Dama del paraigua
We look forward to your joining us to learn together what our closest relatives in the animal kingdom are like and how we can help them! Every activity will be carried out strictly in accordance with the necessary hygiene and safety measures.
Picture features Blanquita.