Dr. Anne Innis Dagg
(1933-2024)
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Anne’s idea has been the same since the beginning;
we should treat people, animals and their surroundings with the same respect.
The Anne Innis Dagg Foundation is dedicated to promoting the harmonious coexistence of humans and wildlife through the integration of conservation and education.
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Her Story
In 1956, before any man or woman had made such a trip, 23-year-old Canadian biologist, Anne Innis Dagg, made a solo journey to South Africa to become the first person in the world to study giraffes in the wild.
Zoologist
All I ever wanted to be when I was growing up was a person who studied giraffe. I saw my first giraffe at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago where I was visiting with my mother from Toronto when I was a toddler. Something frightened the few animals as I gazed at them so that they cantered across their cage. I was entranced.
Feminist
I have always been a feminist by instinct, and for several decades was a feminist activist for women because of the personal discrimination I had faced.
“In my wildest dreams I never thought there would be no more giraffe.”
— Anne Innis Dagg