Caring 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

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

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

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

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

The gorillas are not yet sufficiently advanced in evolutionary terms to have discovered the benefits of passports, currency-declaration forms, and official bribery, and therefore…

— Douglas Adams

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

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

— Andy Serkis

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

It is well known that apes in the wild offer spontaneous assistance to each other, defending against leopards, say, or consoling distressed companions with…

— Frans de Waal

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