Disneynature and Jane Goodall Institute Team Up for Chimpanzee Program

The studio that Mickey Mouse built is now in the business of aiding chimpanzees.

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Natalie Portman and a Star-Studded Cast Support Jane Goodall at Disney's 'Chimpanzee' Screening (Photo)

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Disneynature, the Disney division that makes wildlife films, is teaming with the Jane Goodall Institute on the “See Chimpanzee Save Chimpanzees” program. 

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Chimpanzee is the film about Oscar, a young chimp in the African forest, that opened April 20.

Disneynature is making a 20 cent per-ticket donation to the Goodall institute for every ticket bought during the first two weeks of the film’s run. 

So far Chimpanzee has grossed $24 million at the box-office.

It also includes an education program in the Congos’ schools on the importance of protecting chimps.

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The primates are targets of the “bush meat” trade where they are killed and eaten.

Goodall said in a statement that Chimpanzee has “substantially raised public awareness about the threats facing chimpanzees and their habitat” and the money raised helps protect “these amazing beings and their forest home.”