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Dian Fossey ( / daɪˈæn / dy-AN; January 16, 1932 – c. December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. [1] .
May 22, 2024 · Dian Fossey (born January 16, 1932, San Francisco, California, U.S.—died December 26, 1985, Rwanda) was an American zoologist who became the world’s leading authority on the mountain gorilla. Dian Fossey with a young mountain gorilla in Rwanda, in the early1980s.
Dian Fossey was born in San Francisco, Calif., in 1932. She was extremely interested in animals from a very young age. At age 6, she began horseback riding lessons and in high school earned a letter on the riding team.
Dian Fossey was a famous scientist who started the study and protection of mountain gorillas in Rwanda. She was killed in 1985.
Aug 30, 2017 · Dian Fossey observes Pucker Puss, a two-year-old female mountain gorilla, and Coco, a 16-month-old male, in the jungle of Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. She...
Dec 30, 2015 · Fossey, who began her career as an occupational therapist, came to the attention of famed paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey in 1963. They met in Tanzania’s Olduvai Gorge, where Fossey made a...
A respected and pioneering primatologist, Dr. Dian Fossey soon became best-known for her gorilla conservation work. Despite facing both economic and political obstacles, she successfully fought to establish the first dedicated ranger patrols.
Dr. Dian Fossey founded the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda’s Virungas Mountains in 1967 starting with just two tents, determined to protect and study the endangered mountain gorillas. Although Fossey’s life was cut short, we have continued and expanded her work ever since.
Aug 8, 2019 · On December 26, 1985, primatologist and conservationist Dr. Dian Fossey is found murdered in her cabin at Karisoke, a research site in the mountains of Rwanda.
Jan 18, 2014 · Dian Fossey was a leading authority on the study of endangered mountain gorillas in the forests of Rwanda. Fossey was born in San Francisco, California, on January 16, 1932. She graduated from...
