Dr. Jane Goodall Visits Local School
By John McDevitt
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Dr. Jane Goodall is on her North American tour talking about her 55 years of work with wildlife and the environment.
The scientist made a stop in Rosemont Tuesday to speak with the next generation of leaders, the girls at The Agnes Irwin School.
When Dr. Jane Goodall was a little girl, she wanted to be like Dr. Dolittle.
When she became a scientist she set out to prove to the world something she already knew about the animal kingdom.
"Science when I first began was telling me that chimpanzees didn't have personalities, didn't have minds capable of reasoning and didn't have emotions because those were unique to us. And I think the chimpanzee data helped me to prove what I already knew, because I had been taught by my dog Rusty when I was a child," said Goodall.
She says today scientists are now prepared to look at the intelligence of animal behavior.
The 81-year-old is also promoting her youth program "Roots and Shoots," now in more than 120 countries. Hundreds of thousands of students participate in projects benefiting people, animals and the environment.
For more information, visit: www.rootsandshoots.org.