How Did Dian Fossey Protect Endangered Gorillas

Dian Fossey was a zoologist known for researching endangered gorillas. She researched the gorillas in the Rwandan Mountain Forest. She was murdered and nobody knew it was going to happen. Dian Fossey was only 53 years old when she was killed. She did not go to College to be a zoologist, she went to school to become a occupational therapist. Occupational Therapy is to help with mental, physical, and cognitive disorder. She had a great and unique talent. Though she was never assaulted, the police think she was killed by poachers that were against her. They believe she was killed because she was protecting the gorillas that were endangered. Also she was never afraid of anything that was going to happen. She was just trying to protect the endangered gorillas. She always wanted to help people she never wanted to do anything bad to anyone or anything. One of her favorite sayings was “ I feel more comfortable with the gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they’re …show more content…
They continued the fund for the endangered gorillas. She died on December 26th, 1985. Her slain body was discovered near her campsite. She was a very adventurous woman and very happy, and love what she did for a living. When she graduated it was to be an occupational therapist. She graduated in 1954 from San Jose State College. She took her very first trip to Africa in 1963. Dian told her story in a book Gorillas in the Mist. She lived on a farm on the outskirts of Louisville, she spent many of-hours happily tending to the Livestock. She was known as a meteorologist. Her research made everyone closer to the endangered gorillas. It was a tragic disaster the way she died though. Luckily the research center took over her research when she died. The way she could communicate with the gorillas was amazing to everyone, she was the first person ever to be able to communicate with the