Born in [[Birth City:=Paris|[[Directory:Paris|Paris]]]], [[Birth Country Name:=France|[[Directory:France|France]]]] and originally trained as a general practitioner in [[medicine], she studied the [[ape]] and language of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae|Great Apes] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia Indonesia]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surabaya Surabaya] Zoological Park from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965 1965] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977 1977]. At that time she also volunteered as a park [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/veterinarian veterinarian], founded and operated a free medical clinic and hospital for 10 years, and pioneered a number of relief projects for Indonesian people. In 1977 she lived for six months inside a cage at the Singapore [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Zoo] with eighteen orangutans to study their behavior [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology|behavior] and communication. | Born in [[Birth City:=Paris|[[Directory:Paris|Paris]]]], [[Birth Country Name:=France|[[Directory:France|France]]]] and originally trained as a general practitioner in [[medicine], she studied the [[ape]] and language of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae|Great Apes] at [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesia Indonesia]'s [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surabaya Surabaya] Zoological Park from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965 1965] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977 1977]. At that time she also volunteered as a park [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/veterinarian veterinarian], founded and operated a free medical clinic and hospital for 10 years, and pioneered a number of relief projects for Indonesian people. In 1977 she lived for six months inside a cage at the Singapore [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore Zoo] with eighteen orangutans to study their behavior [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethology|behavior] and communication. |