In the 1960s, Jane Goodall stopped eating meat. "I became vegan for ethical reasons," she said earlier this year.

The Jane Goodall Institute for animal welfare and community conservation announced the chimp expert had died while on a speaking tour of the US

The pioneering UK conservationist drew the public into the world of chimpanzees through her work with National Geographic.

The zoologist was considered the world’s leading expert on chimpanzees