Fossey Murdered over Efforts to Protect Mountain Gorillas
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Ecology and the Environment Series
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Science, Crime, Environmental Issues
- Subcategories: Murder, Homicide, Execution, Assassination, Animals, Endangered Species, Zoology, Violence, Ecology, Environment, Conservation
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Women’s History, 20th & 21st Century European History, British History, African History
- Geographical Location: Rwanda
- Date: December 27, 1985
Article abstract: Dian Fossey, an eminent primatologist who had spent nearly twenty years studying the behavior and habitat of the endangered mountain gorillas of Rwanda, was found brutally murdered in her mountain cabin.
Summary of Event
At 5:45 a.m. on the morning of December 27, 1985, Wayne McGuire, a student researcher working under Dian Fossey’s direction on the Rwandan mountain gorilla project, was awakened by the houseman, Kenyaragana, who was yelling “Dian kufu, kufu.” “Kufu” was one of the few Swahili words McGuire knew....
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