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PETA on Jane Goodall, a Trailblazing Animal Advocate

For Immediate Release:
October 1, 2025

Contact:
Nicole Perreira 202-483-7382

Norfolk, VA –

Below, please find a statement from PETA Founder Ingrid Newkirk following the passing of world-renowned primate expert and vegan Jane Goodall:

A long and fine life led. Jane Goodall was a gifted scientist and trailblazer who forever changed the way we view our fellow animals. Caring about all animals, she went vegan after reading Animal Liberation, and helped PETA with many campaigns, calling her 1986 visit to a Maryland laboratory full of chimpanzees in barren isolation chambers “the worst experience of my life.” We could always count on her to be on the animals’ side, whether she was urging UPS to stop shipping hunting trophies, calling for SeaWorld’s closure, or a shutdown of the Oregon National Primate Research Center. She leaves behind an extraordinary legacy, and we encourage everyone to follow in her animal-respecting footsteps, starting with going vegan.

More information about Goodall’s advocacy for animals is on PETA’s website. PETA will be planting a monkey puzzle tree in the memorial garden at PETA headquarters in her honor.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to abuse in any way”—points out that Every Animal Is Someone and offers free Empathy Kits for people who need a lesson in kindness. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow PETA on X, Facebook, or Instagram.

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“Almost all of us grew up eating meat, wearing leather, and going to circuses and zoos. We never considered the impact of these actions on the animals involved. For whatever reason, you are now asking the question: Why should animals have rights?”

— Ingrid Newkirk, PETA Founder and co-author of Animalkind

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