Late Quote by Dian Fossey

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

With man gone, will there be hope for gorilla?

— Daniel Quinn

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

I cannot concur with those who advocate saving gorillas from extinction by killing and capturing more free-living individuals only to exhibit them in confinement.

— Dian Fossey

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

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

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

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

“Up until the mid twentieth century the mountain gorilla was considered a myth. Oddly enough, a legend not unlike bigfoot or the loch ness…

— Maynard James Keenan

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know.

— Andy Serkis

There was no way that I could explain to dogs, friends, or parents my compelling need to return to Africa to launch a long-term…

— Dian Fossey