News about Dian Fossey

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In the Volcanoes National Park, northwest Rwanda, a group of seven tourists is shown sitting down next to park rangers when the large male ape steps toward them. One tourist can be seen quickly escaping from the gorilla's path, missing him by mere inches, just inches before the silverback scales up the hill and into the deep undergrowth, making deep rumbling sounds - a sign of contentment. The stunned visitors, who were overcome with what they just witnessed, erupted with wonder, but one can be heard saying, "Oh my god." In another clip, the silverback mountain gorilla, named Lisanga, is seen wandering back to the tourists and posing for photographs.

Ellen DeGeneres has returned. Save the Gorillas: Ellen's Next Adventure will star the former talk show host, a day before World Gorilla Day. On the Discovery Channel, the show will air on September 23. Ellen's special explores her commitment to saving the gorillas and her aspiration to Fossey's legacy by establishing the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund in Rwanda, which opened last year. "Look at work Dian Fossey did," Ellen DeGeneres said in the film, "every single thing has led to me to believe that there was just enough space to say, "Look at what Dian Fossey did." 'There's nothing that makes you more present, more in the moment, than sitting with gorillas.'