After her death, Fossey's Digit Fund in the U.S. was renamed the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International. The Digit Fund in the UK, which Fossey lost to the Fauna Protection League (FPS), was also renamed after her as "The Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund UK" (DFGF-UK). However she never received any funds collected in her name by the FPS; and although some conservationists associated with the FPS wanted her to be removed from Rwanda FPS and the DFGF-UK (which renamed itself The Gorilla Organization in 2006), they continue to use her name up to this day for their financial purposes (including promotion of tourism, which Dian opposed, and the financing of local bureaucrats).
One of Dian Fossey's friends, Shirley McGreal, continues to work for the protection of primates through the work of her International Primate Protection League (IPPL) one of the few wildlife organizations that according to Fossey effectively promote "active conservation".
In his book " The Dark Romance" H. Hayes writes that after Dian's death no poacher dared to enter the forest out of fear of being arrested as a murder suspect and that after the conviction of one of her students poaching soared again, eliminating all remaining elephants and leopards.
Between Fossey's death until the 1994 Rwanda genocide, Karisoke was directed by former students who had opposed her. During the genocide, the camp was completely looted and destroyed. Today only remnants remain of her cabin, as it had been converted into a museum for tourists at the time. During the civil war the Virunga parks were filled with refugees and illegal logging destroyed vast areas.
One of Dian Fossey's friends, Shirley McGreal, continues to work for the protection of primates through the work of her International Primate Protection League (IPPL) one of the few wildlife organizations that according to Fossey effectively promote "active conservation".
In his book " The Dark Romance" H. Hayes writes that after Dian's death no poacher dared to enter the forest out of fear of being arrested as a murder suspect and that after the conviction of one of her students poaching soared again, eliminating all remaining elephants and leopards.
Between Fossey's death until the 1994 Rwanda genocide, Karisoke was directed by former students who had opposed her. During the genocide, the camp was completely looted and destroyed. Today only remnants remain of her cabin, as it had been converted into a museum for tourists at the time. During the civil war the Virunga parks were filled with refugees and illegal logging destroyed vast areas.
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