Cannot Quote by Dian Fossey

Those bearing the heavy responsibility of caring for captive gorillas should be encouraged to exchange so-called nonbreeders between populations, an inherent process among free-living…

— Dian Fossey

The more you learn about the dignity of the gorilla, the more you want to avoid people.

— 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

I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.

— Dian Fossey

The mountain gorilla faces grave danger of extinction - primarily because of the encroachments of native man upon its habitat - and neglect by…

— Dian Fossey

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

Gorillas are in danger of being wiped out by the Ebola virus. I feel like we have limited time to get to know them…

— Sara Gruen

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

That there is a continuous link from humans to gorillas, with the intermediate species merely long dead, is beyond the understanding of speciesists. Tie…

— Richard Dawkins

I have no patience whatever with these gorilla damnifications of humanity.

— Thomas Carlyle

Humans regard animals as worthy of protection only when they are on the verge of extinction.

— Paul Craig Roberts

They [gorillas] are brave and loyal. They help each other. They rival elephants as parents and whales for gentleness. They play and have humor…

— Pat Derby