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Dian Fossey was an American zoologist who devoted 20 years of her life 【小题1】 the study and protection of Africa’s rare and endangered mountain gorillas (山地大猩猩). She received instruction in fieldwork from chimp 【小题2】 (specialize) Jane Goodall, and began watching and recording the behavior of mountain gorillas. Her work took her to Zaire 【小题3】 then to Rwanda, where she founded the Karisoke Research Center. After years of 【小题4】 (patience) observation, the gorillas came to know and trust her, and she found that she could sit among the gorillas and even play with 【小题5】 (they) young.

In 1980, she attended the University of Cambridge. Afterwards she took 【小题6】 teaching job at Cornell University in New York, where she wrote a book 【小题7】 (call) Gorillas in the Mist about her experiences in Rwanda. In 1984, she returned to the Karisoke Research Center 【小题8】 (continue) her fieldwork. When her favorite gorilla 【小题9】 (kill) by poachers (偷猎者), Fossey started a campaign against poaching.

She raised worldwide awareness (意识) about the endangered mountain gorilla, and the animals are now protected by the government of Rwanda and some international 【小题10】 (organization), including the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.