Dian Fossey

BY Jay'ron Haley

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Table of contents

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Introduction pg. 3

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pg 4. Childhood

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pg.5 Who was Dian Fossey

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pg.6 what was going on in her life

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pg.7 Africa tours

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pg.8 Gorrilas in the mist

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pg.9 Conclusion

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Introduction

Hi my name is Jayron Haley. You are going to learn about Dian Fossey. Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist known for under taking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her death, in 1985.

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Childhood

Dian was born January 16, 1932, in San Fransico, California. Her parents got devorced at a very young age. So she grew up with a mom and a step father. By all acounts, she was a exellent student and was extremly interested into animals from a very young age.

Who was Dian Fossey

While she was working as an occuptional therapist, Dian became interested in primates during trip to africa in 1963.She studied the endangered gorillas of the Rwandan mountain forest, for two decades before her unsolved murder case accoured in 1985, at Volcanos natinal park in Rewandan. Fossey told her story's in a book, Gorillas in the mist (1983), which later was adapted for a film starring sigourny weather

What was going on in her life

When Dian enrolled in college courses at main Jr college , she chose to focus on buisness , following the encouragement of her stepfather.A wealthy buisnessman. she worked while in school, and at age 19.On the summer brake following her freshman year of college.She went to a ranch, she fell in love with a developed attachment to the animals, but she was forced to leave early because she got chicken pox.

Dian Fossey Africa tours!

It took Dian entire life savings in addition a bank loan, to make her reality. In september 1963, she arrived in kenya. Her trip has included to go to kenya, Tazania, (then Zaire) , and Zimbwe (then Rhodesia), John Alexender, and British hunter served as her guide. The route pand included Tsavo, Africas Biggest Natinal park for ; the saline lake of Manyara, famous for attracting giant flocks of flamingos; and the Ngorongoro crater, well known for its abundat wildlife.

Gorrilas in the mist.

In September 1963, Fossey embacked on her first trip to Africa-which cost her entire life savings at the time, as well as bank loan visiting Kenya, Tazania, Zimbabwe and the Congo among other areas.She soon met paleoanthropologist Mary Leaky and her husband Louis Leaky knoen for one of the best husband wife teams in sience history.