Alyette was a Belgian woman who had known Africa since her birth. She lost her husband, and had her son and nephew brutalized and murdered by rebel soldiers, yet she still managed to love the land. <…> As I stood there, breaking bamboo snares one by one, our previously harmonious association was punctuated with a heated argument. My friend stood apart from me and very firmly asked what right I had, as an American living in Africa for only fourteen months, to invade the hunting rights of the Africans, since by birth, they owned the country. I kept on breaking traps, but at the same time I could not agree with her more. Africa did belong to the Africans, but I felt that written orders, whether they pertained to man or animals, should still prevail. If I could enforce the written rules of a supposedly protected park and prevent the slaughter of animals, then I should do so. As I continued breaking the bamboo, the reliable and flexible death trap of the last wild game of Africa, Alyette continued to plead her argument. "These men have their right to hunt! It's their country! You have no right to destroy their efforts!"
письмо Луису Лики, 1968
Источник: Georgianne Nienaber, Did Margaret Atwood’s «Saint Dian Fossey» Predict Current Atrocities in Congo? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/did-margaret-atwoods-sain_b_301686.html — September 29, 2009
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Источник: Николай Дроздов. Лицом к лицу с гориллой // Дайан Фосси. Гориллы в тумане. — М.: Прогресс, 1990. — С. 16.
No one who loved gorillas more. Rest in peace, dear friend eternally protected in this sacred ground for you are home where you belong.
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Источник: Georgianne Nienaber, Did Margaret Atwood’s «Saint Dian Fossey» Predict Current Atrocities in Congo? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/did-margaret-atwoods-sain_b_301686.html — September 29, 2009
When you realize the value of all life, you dwell less on what is past and concentrate more on the preservation of the future.
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Источник: Dian Fossey http://web.archive.org/web/20130820033054/http://www.dian-fossey.com/ / dian-fossey.com
The man who kills the animals today is the man who kills the people who get in his way tomorrow. He recognizes the fact that there is a law that says he must not do this or that, but without the reinforcement of this law, he is free to do as he chooses.
письмо Луису Лики, 1968
Источник: Georgianne Nienaber, Did Margaret Atwood’s «Saint Dian Fossey» Predict Current Atrocities in Congo? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/georgianne-nienaber/did-margaret-atwoods-sain_b_301686.html — September 29, 2009