{"id":4758,"date":"2026-04-07T17:31:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4758"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T17:31:01","slug":"ricky-gervais-receives-award-for-unwavering-advocacy-for-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/?p=4758","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Gervais receives award for unwavering advocacy for animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div><!--$--><\/p>\n<p><h2>He previously donated \u00a32.5 million in animal charities<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose drop-cap \">\n<p>Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais has received the Jane Goodall Award for Unwavering Advocacy for Animals.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>He accepted the award during The Hope Gala 2026 in London, at the inaugural event which celebrated the life and legacy of Dr Jane Goodall, who passed away last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Jane Goodall was a world-renowned primatologist, anthropologist, and conservationist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Through her lifelong work with chimpanzees, she challenged long-held beliefs about animals and helped shape how people think about animals and sentience.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cAnything connected with Jane\u2019s name is amazing, but the greater the honor, the more embarrassed I am to receive it. Because I know there are people who do so much more, you know? I do a bit. I tweet, I sign petitions, I give a bit of cash. What I don\u2019t do is go and live with chimps for 40 years\u201d, Gervais said during his acceptance speech.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>\u201cPeople who help animals are the best people\u201d, Gervais added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>The Office star, 64, is vegan and well-known for his support for animals and frequent charitable donations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><!--\/$--><!--$--><\/p>\n<div class=\"custom-prose  \">\n<p>Previously, he gave \u00a31.9 million from his 2023 stand-up special, \u2018Armageddon.\u2019<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\/$--><\/div>\n<p>#Ricky #Gervais #receives #award #unwavering #advocacy #animals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He previously donated \u00a32.5 million in animal charities Comedian and actor Ricky Gervais has received the Jane Goodall Award for Unwavering Advocacy for Animals. He accepted the award during The Hope Gala 2026 in London, at the inaugural event which celebrated the life and legacy of Dr Jane Goodall, who passed away last year. Jane [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4759,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4941,4938,1802,2026,4181,2233,4180,4939,4940],"class_list":{"0":"post-4758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-featured","8":"tag-advocacy","9":"tag-animal-charities","10":"tag-animals","11":"tag-award","12":"tag-gervais","13":"tag-receives","14":"tag-ricky","15":"tag-ricky-gervais","16":"tag-unwavering"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4758\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.worldpumpnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}