Dian Fossey: Animal Rights Activist and Protector of Mountain Gorillas

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Dian’s Brave New World When it was Dian’s turn to talk to Louis her patience was rewarded The world-famous scientist greeted her warmly Miss Fossey isn’t it he said She was thrilled that Louis knew her At the time Dian worked at a hospital for children with physical and developmental disabilities Her passion though was for mountain gorillas Her desire to see them in person was the reason for her trip to Africa three years earlier In 1963 on her way to see some of the elusive creatures Dian and her guide had taken a side trip to Olduvai Gorge Louis’s legendary archaeological dig site After a brief and for Dian memorable meeting with the renowned scientist she carried on to her true destination the mountainside habitat of the rare mountain gorilla Amazingly thanks to a local tracker Dian managed to spot some of the mysterious creatures More amazingly she managed to get close enough to photograph them Upon her return from Africa Dian wrote a few newspaper articles about her encounter with the great apes Now she nervously handed the newspaper clippings to Louis He was so impressed with Dian’s photographs he invited her to a breakfast meeting the following morning to continue their gorilla discussion Of course she agreed Louis was famous for his work with fossils but he was also famous for launching the career of chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall At his morning meeting with Dian Louis told her he 66