Photographer Thomas Mangelsen remembers his friend Jane Goodall

Thomas Mangelsen and Jane Goodall share a toast and a picnic by the banks of a river Photo courtesy Thomas D Mangelsen Thomas D Mangelsen will constantly remember world-famous primatologist Jane Goodall as a kindred spirit Photographer Thomas Mangelsen and primatologist Jane Goodall standing together in front of a waterfall in Gombe National Park Photo courtesy Thomas Mangelsen There will never be another Jane Goodall declared the -year old wildlife photographer and conservationist who lives near Yellowstone National Park and whose work is showcased locally at Images of Nature Gallery in La Jolla All of us who were close to her are committed to ensuring her legacy doesn t fade away She was an incredible human being and worked so hard for everyone else We need to carry on her legacy of helping the Earth and protecting wildlife The wildlife photographer and conservationist declared that his friend s legacy includes countless humanitarian pursuits She was a lot of things stated Mangelsen Obviously she was an incredible scientist with her long-running survey of chimps As an anthropologist and animal behaviorist she was so passionate and compassionate about all wildlife Mangelsen declared Goodall had respect for the sanctity of all wildlife There were flies on my window and she put a cup over them and then a piece of paper under them then took them away and opened the door and let them go he recalled From the smallest to the largest she loved animals Perhaps surprisingly Goodall s favorite animal was not the chimpanzee Dogs were her favorite animal not chimps Mangelsen declared That truly was the animal she loved the the bulk Goodall had a dog named Rusty In honor of her Mangelsen sought to name his dog Rusty too She explained me I could name him Rusty II he explained Jane Goodall holding a pair of binoculars Photo courtesy Thomas Mangelsen Mangelsen who s photographed lions tigers bears and other species in their natural habitats on all seven continents confessed that he was in awe of Goodall when they first met at book signing in Boulder Colorado in She was there to receive a lifetime award and was getting that with David Crosby Graham Nash and songwriter Randy Newman he announced adding he was invited to meet her for the first time after that event He revealed she came to Jackson Wyoming where he has a nature photography studio a couple of years later He stated he jumped at the opportunity to connect with her again She was such a huge personality and I was such a huge fan he recalled Mangelsen took Goodall on personal tour of Yellowstone after being stated by her she didn t like crowds or vans He requested her what she needed to see She explained I want to see all of it then added Just as long as you get me back for my flight the following morning at a m we re good to go Mangelsen noted Goodall was appreciative of their private tour of the world s first national park given that she didn t have much time to be in the wild anymore as she was dependably lecturing traveling over days a year Jane silhouetted against a sunset as she watches Sandhill cranes along the Platte River in Nebraska Photo courtesy Thomas Mangelsen Pointing out Goodall was incredibly personable and open Mangelsen noted they d go out on picnics She was a vegetarian he recalled adding he d pack a lunch for them consisting of a loaf of French bread particular carrots celery and avocado with particular dip He added they would enjoy their repast while they talked for hours opening up about her early life and going to Gombe and working with Louis Leakey who hired her to investigation chimps Goodall communicated Mangelsen that Leakey was interested in her in part because he requested scientists and researchers who had no preconceived notions of chimpanzees It was therefore prescient added Mangelsen that Goodall went on to find that chimps really made tools using grass strips to capture and eat termites which caused the definition of human to be redefined to include them because humans are the only other animals to make tools and because the genetic makeup of chimps is or less different than humans Carrying on the mission he shared with Goodall of protecting and preserving wildlife worldwide Mangelsen himself is engaged in a battle with the present administration Primatologist Jane Goodall peers through the eyepiece of a camera Photo courtesy Thomas Mangelsen From the Trump administration pushed several actions allowing and expanding the hunting of bears wolves and mountain lions by rolling back protections and transferring management authority to states These changes drew strong criticism from wildlife advocates like Mangelsen who characterizes the practices as cruel and inhumane Mangelsen was especially fond of one grizzly bear he followed for years in Yellowstone dubbed her research number Grizzly as well as her multiple cubs over the years was the subject of two of his wildlife photography books Tragically she was killed by a car on the road and her cub was lost and has not been exposed Grizzly was the most of famous mother bear ever in the world disclosed Mangelsen She had offspring three sets of triplets and one set of quadruplets very rare for a grizzly I spent supposedly three months a year for more than years almost photographing her It s part of his latest mission lobbying to protect Yellowstone grizzlies by keeping them on the Endangered Species List in order to prohibit their hunting and preventing their mismanagement Mangelsen explained It s really wrong to allow hunting of these animals and thus steal the opportunity for hundreds of thousands of people to see them in the wild