Noga Shanee has many years of experience in primate conservation working in many rescue centres in South America and Australia as well as reintroduction projects in Asia and the Middle East. It was whilst volunteering in Bolivia that she met Sam for the first time. She continued her work in animal rescue at several projects and in 2004 married Sam whilst working at the Gibbon Rehabilitation Project in Phuket, Thailand. Their wedding was the first ever gibbon style wedding, complete with the bride swinging down from the trees. Noga graduated from Oxford Brookes University, UK, with an MSc in Primate Conservation. Noga has continued her work in South America and is currently pursuing a PhD in Political Ecology at the University of Kent, UK.