Dian Fossey Quotes

1932–1985 United States

Dian Fossey (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.

United States
Authors
Scientists

Also known as: Dian fossey

Random Dian Fossey quote

4 quotes

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

Fossey's last journal entry before her murder (1985)

I have no friends. The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

an interview with the AP (1985)

It is only a matter for the President to give the order—KILL—the prisons are already overcrowded and this is the only way we are going to be able to protect the remaining gorillas.

Active conservation [of gorillas.] involves simply going out into the forest, on foot, day after day after day, attempting to capture poachers, killing—regretfully—poacher dogs, which spread rabies within the park, and cutting down traps.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Dian Fossey (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.