Building Quote by Dian Fossey

If mountain gorillas are to survive and propagate, far more active conservation measures urgently need to be undertaken. The question remains, is it already…

— Dian Fossey

I have made my home among the mountain gorillas.

— Dian Fossey

Active conservation [of gorillas] involves simply going out into the forest, on foot, day after day after day, attempting to capture poachers, killing-regretfully-poacher dogs,…

— Dian Fossey

[My] excursions provided a unique opportunity for observing [the gorillas' behavior] in their natural habitat... Then, all too soon, the infants were demanded for…

— Dian Fossey

Adult gorillas will fight to the death defending their families. This is why poachers who may be seeking only one infant for the zoo…

— Sy Montgomery

Tree roots hold river banks together and stop the wind blowing soil away, there are many creatures that live in woods and they provide…

— Clive Anderson

Even monkeys fall out of trees.

— J. F. Lawton

Why are there so many trees in the jungle?

— Colin Mochrie

If zoos are like arks, then rare animals are like passengers on a voyage of the damned, never to find a port that will…

— Peter Singer

Even monkeys fall from trees.

— Chris Bradford

Trees like to have kids climb on them, but trees are much bigger than we are, and much more forgiving.

— Diane Frolov

From the pine tree, learn of the pine tree; And from the bamboo, of the bamboo

— Matsuo Basho