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]

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Career

Noon 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][3] In 2004 she won the Jane Goodall Award for Lifetime Dedication to the Care of Chimpanzees.[4]

Death

She died of pancreatic cancer in 2009.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Weber, Bruce (May 7, 2009). "Carole C. Noon, Who Founded Save the Chimps, Dies at 59". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/science/07noon.html. Retrieved May 8, 2009. 
  2. ^ "Big chimp refuge offers life with no cages". The Gainesville Sun. Associated Press. September 4, 2006. http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060905/LOCAL/209050312/1078/news. Retrieved May 8, 2009. 
  3. ^ Garner, Bryan (May 6, 2009). "'Save the Chimps' founder dies". WPTV. http://www.wptv.com/news/local/story/Save-the-Chimps-founder-dies/FVnde3eW2UKzknjScUn27Q.cspx. Retrieved May 8, 2009. 
  4. ^ "Jane Goodall Award goes to Carole Noon, head of Save the Chimps". Jane Goodall Institute. May 6, 2004. http://www.janegoodall.org/news/article-detail.asp?Entry_ID=240. Retrieved May 8, 2009. 

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