Gorilla Collection
The
Gorilla Organisation works internationally to save the mountain
gorillas from extinction and ensure the local people benefit from their
unique natural heritage.
But tragically, an unknown attacker murdered Dian in the early hours of December 27, 1985, in her cabin at Karisoke. She was buried in the cemetery next to her beloved gorillas. Artform UK donates 5% of its sales value of gorillas directly to the Gorilla Organisation (Reg. Charity No.( 1117131) Click here to view the Gorilla Collection... Dian
Fossey was born in 1932, she was an American zoologist who became the
world's leading authority on the mountain gorilla. Gorillas in
the mist, Dian Fosseys own account of her life with the
gorillas, was published in 1983. Five years later it was the basis for
what became a Hollywood Box Office hit. Gorilla Organisation patron Sigourney
Weaver received an Oscar nomination for her role as Dian.
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