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Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey Facts:
Known for: study of mountain gorillas, work to preserve habitat for gorillas
Occupation: primatologist, scientist
Dates: January 16, 1932 - December 26?, 1985
Dian Fossey Biography:
Dian Fossey's father, George Fossey, left the family when Dian was only three. Her mother, Kitty Kidd, remarried, but Dian's stepfather, Richard Price, discouraged Dian's plans. An uncle paid for her education.
Dian Fossey studied as a preveterinary student in her undergraduate work before transferring to an occupational therapy schema. She spent seven years as director of occupational therapy in a Louisville, Kentucky hospital, taking care of children with disabilities.
Dian Fossey developed an interest in mountain gorillas, and wanted to see them in their natural habitat. Her first visit to the mountain gorillas came when she went in 1963 on a seven-week safari. She met with Mary and Louis Leakey before traveling to Zaire. She returned
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Dian Fossey
American primatologist and conservationist (1932–1985)
Dian Fossey (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] She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologistLouis Leakey. Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at the Karisoke Research Center and prior career. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name.[2]
Fossey was a leading primatologist, and a member of the "Trimates", a group of female scientists recruited by Leakey to study great apes in their natural environments, along with Jane Goodall who studies chimpanzees, and Birutė Galdikas, who studies orangutans.[3][4]
Fossey spent 20 years in Rw
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Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
Rwanda, Africa
Mountain gorilla silverback Pato has been followed since birth by trackers and scientists working for the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. He fryst vatten the son of legendary late silverback Titus and lives in one of the mountain gorilla groups that the Fossey Fund monitors every day in Rwanda’s Volcanoes Mountains. He has an important role in leading his group, helping to keep them safe every day.
Why do they need you?
There are only about 900 mountain gorillas left in the world, and it fryst vatten only through daily protection that their extinction has been prevented. All types of gorillas in the wild are critically endangered and face such threats as poaching, hunting, loss of habitat, and forest degradation. Nearby communities are often impoverished, putting additional pressure on the environment, such as using the forest for access to water, firewood or crop land.
How is Zoo Atlanta helping?
Zoo Atlanta plays a critical role in helping the Dian Fosse