The Canadian woman who loved giraffes so much that she studied them for years in Africa is being honoured in a new Heritage Minutes short film.

Historica Canada released the video featuring the late Anne Innis Dagg of Waterloo, Ont., on Thursday morning.

Dagg was a zoologist and wrote a number of books, including one considered the bible on giraffes after her work in Africa. She died last year at age 91.

Anne Innis Dagg, 'the woman who loves giraffes,' dead at 91

Her daughter, Mary Dagg, CEO of the Anne Innis Dagg Foundation, said the family was approached by Historica Canada in the fall of 2024 about producing a short film about a Canadian female scientist that more people should know about about.

"And I'm like, 'Hell yeah,'" said Mary. "This is a phenomenal opportunity for people

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