40 years ago today, Dian Fossey, an American primatologist and conservationist, was murdered in her cabin at a remote camp in Rwanda, following the killing of a gorilla and subsequent tensions.

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40 years ago today, Dian Fossey, an American primatologist and conservationist, was murdered in her cabin at a remote camp in Rwanda, following the killing of a gorilla and subsequent tensions.

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The woman who gave her life to save the gorillas

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Dian Fossey told the world how mountain gorillas live, and fought tooth and nail to save them. Her obsession may have led to her mysterious death

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