Fossey
Proper noun
Meaning
Fossey (plural Fosseys)
A surname from Old English.
Examples
I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really interested me in Dian Fossey was that she made a difference - she saved the gorillas.
Adams was also an active supporter of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.
An empathy over health brought him and Dian Fossey together for a brief romance, which she broke off.
Between 2012 and 2016, AZA zoos contributed $6.6 million to such projects, including a collaboration with the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund that trains Rwandan university students in scientific research and outreach.
Fossey learned to make peace with the inhabitants of the forest and even delivered a Batwa baby at her annual Christmas bash for the Africans in 1984.
Carson Fossey, left, and Gaven Draper passed a feathered "spear" in a team hunting activity.