The Giraffe Whisperer - The Legacy of Biologist Anne Innis Dagg: W5
Catalogue Number: CTV858
Producer: CTV
Subject: Biography, Current Events, Documentary, Environmental Studies, Family Studies/Home Economics, Gender Studies, Science, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Sociology, Women's Studies
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2021
Running Time: 20:00
Dan Riskin sits down with Anne Innis Dagg, a pioneering Canadian zoologist who literally wrote the book on giraffe. Anne was the first Western scientist to travel to Africa to study the behaviour of any animal in the wild. She changed the way the world understands giraffe, but she was denied tenure at a Canadian university for being a woman.
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