Dian Fossey Quotes

Dian Fossey — American Scientist born on January 16, 1932, died on December 26, 1985

Dian Fossey was an American zoologist, primatologist, and anthropologist who undertook an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups over a period of 18 years. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by anthropologist Louis Leakey. Her 1983 book, Gorillas in the Mist, combines her scientific study of the gorillas at Karisoke Research Center with her own personal story. It was adapted into a 1988 film of the same name. Fossey was murdered in 1985; the case remains open... (wikipedia)

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.

The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow.

Gorillas are almost altruistic in nature. There's very little if any 'me-itis.' When I get back to civilization, I'm always appalled by 'me, me, me.'

One of the basic steps in saving a threatened species is to learn more about it: its diet, its mating and reproductive processes, its range patterns, its social behavior.

Dian Fossey Quotes

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