Carole C. Noon
Carole Cooney Noon (July 14, 1949 - May 2, 2009) was a primatologist best known for founding (in 1997) Save the Chimps, a Florida non-profit chimpanzee sanctuary[1] that is the largest such sanctuary in the world as of 2009.[2]
She died of pancreatic cancer in 2009.[1]
She earned a doctorate in biological anthropology from the University of Florida, specializing in captive chimpanzees, and conducted much of her field research at the Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage in Zambia.[1] In 2004 she won the Jane Goodall Award for Lifetime Dedication to the Care of Chimpanzees.[3]
References
- ^ a b c Bruce Weber, Carole C. Noon, Who Founded Save the Chimps, Dies at 59 (obituary), New York Times, 2009/05/07.
- ^ Big chimp refuge offers life with no cages, Associated Press, Sept. 4, 2006.
- ^ Jane Goodall Award goes to Carole Noon, head of Save the Chimps, Jane Goodall Institute press release, May 6, 2004.
External links
- New York Times obituary, 2009/05/07
- http://www.savethechimps.org Save The Chimps] (organizational website)
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