Karisoke Research Center
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karisoke-research-center-279-18153452
title:
Karisoke Research Center
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The Karisoke Research Center is a research institute in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park. It was founded by Dian Fossey on 24 September 1967 to study endangered mountain gorillas. Fossey located the camp in Rwanda's Virunga volcanic mountain range, between Mount Karisimbi and Mount Bisoke, and named it by combining the names of the two mountains. After Fossey's murder in December 1985, she was interred in the grounds of the institute. The camp subsequently continued to function under the auspic
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Institute in Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karisoke_Research_Center
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2023-09-16T18:25:56Z
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