Guest guest Posted November 17, 2005 Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 Twenty years have passed since Dian Fossey was murdered at Karisoke Research Center, Rwanda, on 26 December 1985. Dian was a great friend to IPPL (and a great pen-pal of mine). The December special issue of IPPL News will focus on Dian's outstanding work protecting the mountain gorillas of Rwanda. Free single copies of this issue are available. Please send your street address. If you need more copies, e-mail info - we'd appreciate hearing from you soon prior to printing of our mailing labels. This special issue is loaded with wonderful photographs of Dian and her mountain habitat. Her camp, Karisoke, was lodged between the Karisimbi and Visoke volcanoes, hence the name. It was there that Dian was killed in the service of her beloved gorillas. The December issue contains tributes from two amazing people who worked at Karisoke during Dian's early days (Colin Groves and Bob Campbell) - they describe the rough terrain and how difficult it was to habituate gorillas to human observers. Tributes also come from people who worked at Karisoke later, including Evelyn Gallardo, Juichi Yamagiwa, and Ian Redmond. Other topics covered in the December issue: Action Alert calling for US and international protests of the USDA's Animal Welfare Act enforcement program Action Alert about the performing animal show, which includes orangutans, at the A'famosa Resort in Malaysia Dianne Taylor-Snow's experiences in Asia teaching for a day in an Indonesian school and visiting two IPPL-assisted primate rescue centers (Highland Farm and Kalaweit) IPPL's gibbon adoption program Cameroon demands return of " Taiping four " gorillas Please feel free to circulate this message to other animal protection lists. Dr. Shirley McGreal, Chairwoman International Primate Protection League PO Box 766 Summerville, SC 29484, USA Phone - 843-871-2280, Fax- 843-871-7988 E-mail - smcgreal, Web: www.ippl.org Working to Protect All Primates Since 1973 Save the date for our next Members' Meeting: March 24-26, 2006! One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. ~ AA Milne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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