https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i By Abbey Morgan en-us 2017-05-02 23:54:36 UTC 2024-08-03 16:49:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 20201591 https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169564070 Gorillas in the Mist ]]> 2017-05-02 23:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169564070 20201591 https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169564135 Fossey's passion was Gorillas and she followed that passion until the day she died. Dian spent a life in the wild jungles and forests of Rwanda and Uganda living with the gorillas. Her aim was to raise awareness for the gorillas and stop them from being killed by poachers and protect their homes from corporations wanting to take it away.  ]]> 2017-05-02 23:59:20 UTC https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169564135 20201591 https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169565060 Dian with Gorillas ]]> 2017-05-03 00:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169565060 20201591 https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169565107 Digit and Dian ]]> 2017-05-03 00:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169565107 20201591 https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169565154 Digit was the gorilla the Dian grew closest to. She spent years with him and talked about him as her best friend. Digit was murdered by poachers in 1977. They had taken his head as a prize. Dian was distraught but fought back by establishing the Digit Fund to raise money to save her mountain gorillas. The fund was later renamed The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International  but the memory of Digit still lives on. ]]> 2017-05-03 00:10:09 UTC https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/169565154 20201591 https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/170083807 Before I learnt more about the amazing life of Dian Fossey, I loved gorillas but didn't realise how terrible their circumstances are. I have also realised that, like Dian, to make something happen I must be committed and willing to fight for that particular cause. I have always wanted to visit the gorillas and it really upsets me that due to deforestation and poaching, there are a scarce amount of gorillas left. ]]> 2017-05-05 01:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/170083807 20201591 https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/170084517 Dian has established a legacy to protect the animals she loved as well as many animals that live near the gorillas. ]]> 2017-05-05 01:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/170084517 20201591 https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/170084580 Dian was murdered by her own machette that she had taken from poachers. It is believed that she was killed by someone who didn't want her work to continue and/or didn't want what they were doing to become known to the world. ]]> 2017-05-05 01:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/20201591/74frd7thao2i/wish/170084580