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The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (originally the Digit Fund) is a charity for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas. The Digit Fund was created by Dr. Dian Fossey in 1978 for the sole purpose of financing her anti-poaching patrols and preventing further poaching of the mountain gorillas. Fossey studied at her Karisoke Research Center in the Virunga Volcanoes of Rwanda. The non-profit fund was named in memory of Fossey's favourite gorilla, Digit, who was decapitated by poachers for the offer of US$20 by a Hutu merchant who specialized in selling gorilla heads as trophies and gorilla hands as ashtrays to tourists.

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  • Digit Fund (de)
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  • The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (originally the Digit Fund) is a charity for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas. The Digit Fund was created by Dr. Dian Fossey in 1978 for the sole purpose of financing her anti-poaching patrols and preventing further poaching of the mountain gorillas. Fossey studied at her Karisoke Research Center in the Virunga Volcanoes of Rwanda. The non-profit fund was named in memory of Fossey's favourite gorilla, Digit, who was decapitated by poachers for the offer of US$20 by a Hutu merchant who specialized in selling gorilla heads as trophies and gorilla hands as ashtrays to tourists. (en)
  • Der Digit Fund wurde 1978 von Dr. Dian Fossey ins Leben gerufen, um Patrouillen gegen Wilderer zu finanzieren, die immer wieder Berggorillas im Gebiet der Virunga-Vulkane in Ruanda töteten. Die Stiftung wurde nach dem ihr besonders nahestehenden Gorilla Digit benannt, der ein Jahr zuvor von Wilddieben enthauptet worden war. Der Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International widmet sich auch heute noch dem Schutz der Gorillas und leitet das Karisoke-Forschungszentrum, das Fossey 1967 mit ihrer täglichen Überwachung der Gorillas und den Patrouillen begründet hat. (de)
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  • Der Digit Fund wurde 1978 von Dr. Dian Fossey ins Leben gerufen, um Patrouillen gegen Wilderer zu finanzieren, die immer wieder Berggorillas im Gebiet der Virunga-Vulkane in Ruanda töteten. Die Stiftung wurde nach dem ihr besonders nahestehenden Gorilla Digit benannt, der ein Jahr zuvor von Wilddieben enthauptet worden war. Dian Fossey gelang es, die Kontrolle des Digit Fund in den Vereinigten Staaten bis zu ihrem Tod zu behalten. Nach ihrer Ermordung wurde er in den USA in Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International umbenannt, in Großbritannien in Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund Europe und später in The Gorilla Organization. Der Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International widmet sich auch heute noch dem Schutz der Gorillas und leitet das Karisoke-Forschungszentrum, das Fossey 1967 mit ihrer täglichen Überwachung der Gorillas und den Patrouillen begründet hat. (de)
  • The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International (originally the Digit Fund) is a charity for the protection of endangered mountain gorillas. The Digit Fund was created by Dr. Dian Fossey in 1978 for the sole purpose of financing her anti-poaching patrols and preventing further poaching of the mountain gorillas. Fossey studied at her Karisoke Research Center in the Virunga Volcanoes of Rwanda. The non-profit fund was named in memory of Fossey's favourite gorilla, Digit, who was decapitated by poachers for the offer of US$20 by a Hutu merchant who specialized in selling gorilla heads as trophies and gorilla hands as ashtrays to tourists. (en)
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