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Dian Fossey: Media

American zoologist

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Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey told the story of her life in Africa in Gorillas in the Mist.
© Yann Arthus-Bertrand/Ardea—Mary Evans Picture Library Ltd/age fotostock
Dian Fossey
Dian Fossey with a young mountain gorilla in Rwanda, in the early1980s.
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Dian Fossey
The zoologist with Puck, a mountain gorilla, in Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda.
© Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International/gorillafund.org
The Trimates, or Leakey's Angels
Primatologists (from left) Biruté Galdikas, Jane Goodall, and Dian Fossey are popularly...
(Left) © Universal History Archive—Universal Images Group/Getty Images, (Middle) © ITV/Shutterstock.com, (Right) © Liam White/Alamy