Summary

Born in San Francisco, California, on January 16, 1932, Dian Fossey was best known for her work with mountain gorillas in Africa. As a child, she loved animals. Fossey even studied to become a veterinarian, but did not pass the necessary courses. She began as an amateur scientist, observing and photographing the behavior of mountain gorillas in their natural habitat. She later went on to earn a doctorate in zoology. Through her work, Fossey strove to improve our understanding of gorillas. In addition to her research, she was an antipoaching activist, and toward the end of her life, she devoted much of her time to this cause. Fossey was murdered in 1985 at the Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda, which she had established in 1967. Book jacket.