Helen Elaine Freeman (March 10, 1932 – September 20, 2007) was an American conservationist and endangered species advocate, who specialized in saving snow leopards.
[1] She met her husband, Stanley Freeman, through mutual friends at the United States Coast Guard.
[2] Freeman's interest in Snow Leopards began while she was a volunteer docent at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
[1] The original purpose of the trust was to help zoos keep Snow Leopards, which are endangered in their home ranges in Central Asia, more successfully.
[1] She often traveled to Asia, Europe and North America, to raise awareness of the species's endangered status.