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Dian Fossey

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

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Text Box: 1967—begins the first long term study on wild gorillas. Establishes the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda. Text Box: 1932—born in Fairfax, California on January 16 Text Box: 1954—graduated from San Jose State College with degree in occupational therapy. Text Box: 1974—graduated from Cambridge University with Ph. D. in Zoology Text Box: 1970—first gorilla to human contact made when Peanuts (adult male gorilla) touches her hand. Text Box: 1983—publishes Gorillas in the Mist. Focuses much needed attention on the plight of the mountain gorilla. Text Box: 1985—murdered in her cabin at Karisoke on December 26. Text Box: 1978—Digit, one of Dian’s favorite gorillas was killed by poachers. Dian begins a war against poaching. dian fossey

Dian, age 53 taken just before she was murdered in her cabin at Karisoke.