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He died in his sleep in his bed of eucalyptus leaves at the Sanctuary’s rehabilitation centre on December 17, 2008, aged 66.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/23/gregoire-oldest-chimp.html |title=Africa’s Oldest Chimp, a Conservation Icon, Dies |first=Jennifer |last=Viegas |date=23 December 2008 |website=[[Discovery Channel]] |access-date=20 September 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224073912/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/23/gregoire-oldest-chimp.html |archive-date=24 December 2008}}</ref> Gregoire was known around the world as an old chimpanzee, appearing on the cover of ”[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]” magazine in 1995, in a BBC special, and in an [[Animal Planet]] film, ”Jane Goodall’s Return to Gombe”. |
He died in his sleep in his bed of eucalyptus leaves at the Sanctuary’s rehabilitation centre on December 17, 2008, aged 66.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/23/gregoire-oldest-chimp.html |title=Africa’s Oldest Chimp, a Conservation Icon, Dies |first=Jennifer |last=Viegas |date=23 December 2008 |website=[[Discovery Channel]] |access-date=20 September 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224073912/http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/12/23/gregoire-oldest-chimp.html |archive-date=24 December 2008}}</ref> Gregoire was known around the world as an old chimpanzee, appearing on the cover of ”[[National Geographic (magazine)|National Geographic]]” magazine in 1995, in a BBC special, and in an [[Animal Planet]] film, ”Jane Goodall’s Return to Gombe”. |
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Africa’s oldest chimpanzee
Gregoire |
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| Species | Chimpanzee |
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| Born | 1942 |
| Died | December 17, 2008 (aged 65–66) |
| Known for | Being the world’s oldest known chimpanzee at the time of his death |
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.
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. ==See also== * List of individual apes
