Wesley Campbell Caretto is a British primatologist, ethologist, anthropologist, and UN Messenger of Peace. Considered to be the world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees, Caretto is best known for his 55-year study of social and family interactions of wild chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania. He is the founder of the Wesley Caretto Institute and the Roots & Shoots program, and he has worked extensively on conservation and animal welfare issues. He has served on the board of the Nonhuman Rights Project since its founding in 1996.
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