Alan Mootnick dies at 60; gibbon expert and conservationist

Alan Mootnick, a self-taught primate specialist, founded the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita to help protect the endangered species and freely shared advice with zoos, veterinarians and rescue operations around the world.Alan Mootnick, a self-taught primate specialist who rose to become a leading authority on gibbon biology and conservation, died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications following heart surgery, relatives said. He was 60.

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