Anne Innis Dagg

Anne Innis Dagg CM
Dagg in 2020
Born	Anne Christine Innis (1933-01-25)25 January 1933 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died	1 April 2024(2024-04-01) (aged 91) Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Education	University of Toronto (B.A., Biology, 1955) University of Toronto (M.A., Genetics, 1956) University of Waterloo (Ph.D., Animal Behaviour, 1967)
Known for	Study of wild giraffes and gender bias in academia
Spouse	Ian Ralph Dagg ​ ​ (m. 1957; died 1993)​
Children	3
Scientific career
Fields	Zoology, feminism
Institutions	University of Waterloo University of Guelph
Thesis	Gaits and Their Development in the Infraorder Pecora (1967)
Doctoral advisor	Anton de Vos
Website	anneinnisdaggfoundation.org

Anne Christine Innis Dagg CM (25 January 1933 – 1 April 2024) was a Canadian zoologist, feminist, and author of numerous books. A pioneer in the study of animal behaviour in the wild, Dagg is credited with being the first person to study wild giraffes.^[1] Her impact on current understandings of giraffe biology and behaviour were the focus of the 2011 CBC radio documentary Wild Journey: The Anne Innis Story, the 2018 documentary film The Woman Who Loves Giraffes, and the 2021 children's book The Girl Who Loved Giraffes and Became the World's First Giraffologist.

In addition to her giraffe research, Dagg published extensively about camels, primates, and Canadian wildlife, and she raised concerns about the influence of sociobiology on how zoological research was shared with the general public. She also researched and wrote extensively about gender bias in academia,^[2] drawing attention to the detrimental impact that anti-nepotism rules can have on the academic careers of the wives of male faculty members and to sexist academic work environments that fail to support female researchers.