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Karisoke Research Center

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Dian Fossey Karisoke Research Center

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The Karisoke gorillas meet the Goodall family

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National Geographic Movie-Making regarding Karisoke

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Francois Interview at Karisoke, Rwanda on July 25, 2017

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Dian Fossey Biography - American Primatologist and Conservationist

The Karisoke Research Center in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park was founded by Dian Fossey on 24 September 1967, to study endangered mountain gorillas. Fossey located the camp in Rwanda's Virunga volcanic mountain range, between Mount Karisimbi and Mount Bisoke, and named it by combining the names of the two mountains.