January 16, 1932

 

Dian Fossey was one of a small group of unusual women who succeeded centuries of men wrecking wildlife with studious recordkeeping about wild animals. Fossey worked in Rwanda, and had fierce ideas against zoos and tourists who could transmit diseases to the gorillas she studied. Her fame has led to groups who opposed her ideas using her name to raise money. Fossey named the gorillas she studied and wrote about, and one of these gorillas was named "Tiger." January 16, 1932 is the date on which Fossey was born.