`Gorilla' Warfare; Conservationists Besiege DIan Fossey's Mother for Film Profits From: The Washington Post | Date: April 23, 1989| Author: Peter H. Brown | Copyright 1989 The Washington Post. This material is published under license from the Washington Post.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Washington Post.Copyright information

Millions have come away from the film "Gorillas in the Mist" with a rosy glow of optimism over the fate of Africa's rare mountain gorillas. One of the final lines from the film even memorializes primate activist Dian Fossey as the savior of an entire species.

Hype surrounding the movie has even hinted that a chunk of its profits will eventually find their way, through Fossey's estate, to the conservation fund she founded more than a decade ago.

As things stand now, nothing ...

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