http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/1898/brandy-rimmer Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:15:29 -0400 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 14:15:29 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/853/dian-fosseys-controversial-active-conservation-proves-useful-in-increasing-mountain-gorilla-awareness By Brandy Rimmer - It was Dr. Louis Leakey, renowned archaeologist and anthropologist, who realized that the mountain gorillas were facing the threat of extinction in the very same century that they were discovered (Fossey, 1983). It was for this reason that he hired Dian Fossey to carry out research on the mountain gorillas in the Rwandan mountains. In his life, Louis Leakey put a substantial amount of energy into promoting research on the behaviour of non-human primates. Along with hiring Dian Fossey for studies on gorillas, he had similarly been responsible for Jane Goodall's research on chimpanzees and Birute... Mon, 13 Jan 2014 03:55 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/853/dian-fosseys-controversial-active-conservation-proves-useful-in-increasing-mountain-gorilla-awareness