Danger Quote by 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

“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

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

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

— Paul Craig Roberts

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

— 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

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

What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance.

— Ernest Becker

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

Mass extinctions may not threaten distant futures, but they are decidedly unpleasant for species caught up in the throes of their power.

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Deer needed predators to trim their numbers and keep them from destroying their environment, he said. To do away with predators such as wolves…

— Bruce Hampton

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