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Dian Fossey was born in the USA on the 16th of january 1932 She lived her younger years in California her parents seperated when she was young becuase of her fathers problem with drinking. Dian stayed with her mother who soon remarried richard prince. Her interest in animals was withdrawed due to house rules the only pet she ever had was a goldfish but when it died she didnt get any other pets. Dian changed college courses from pre-veterinary studies to occupational therapy. she moved to louisville to be director of the Kosair Crippled Children's Hospital occupational therapy department but then she wanted to move to africa. her first trip to africa in 1963 was when she met some palaeontologists who encouraged her to work with gorillas. Dian got an offer from Louis Leakey to live among the mountain gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo and she accepted. Dian fossey established the Karisoke Research Foundation in 1967. She got her degree in 1976, in 1983 Dian published her very own book called "gorillas in the mist" and became the best seller. In 1988 a movie with the same title released with Sigourney weaver as fossey. Dian fought hard to help save these "gentle giants" from human and environmental hazards, she saw these gorillas as dignified, highly social creatures. she tried to save the gorillas from poachers, dogs and traps. Dian fossey was murdered by an unknown attacker in her cabin at the Karisoke Research Center in the Virunga Mountains in 1985. The attacker hacked her to death. They entered through a hole in the wall prior to the attack. No arrests have ever been made, but local authorities believe it to be poachers who were at odds with Dian and her anti-poaching brigade. If i had to work in a feild of science i would probable marine biology.