戴安·弗西(Dian Fossey),1 932年生于旧金山。她研究了栖息在非洲中东部维龙加山脉(Virunga Mountains)上的山地大猩猩,还在卢旺达建立了卡里索凯研究中心(Ka risoke Resea rchCenter),并在这个几乎与世隔绝的地方生活了18年多。弗西对野生山地大猩猩的研究使人们开始努力保护这种稀有濒危的物种。她在1 983年出版的作品《迷雾中的大猩猩》(Gorillas in the Mist)和1 988年上映的同名电影中都展示出了这些动物的习性,引起了全世界对野生山地大猩猩所处境况的关注。 Dian Fossey, born in 1932 in San Francisco. She studied mountain gorillas perched in the Virunga Mountains in eastern and central Africa and also established the Ka risoke Reseach Center in Rwanda and lived in this almost isolated place For more than 18 years. Forsey’s study of wild mountain gorillas has led to an effort to protect this rare and endangered species. Her work in the 1983 Gorillas in the Mist and the movie of the same name released in 1998 demonstrated the habit of these animals and caused worldwide concern over the presence of wild mountain gorillas Concerns about the situation.