Bayan kammala karatun ta, Fossey ta fara aiki a fannin ilimin kwantar da hankali. Ta yi aikin kwantar da hankali a asibitoci daban-daban a California kuma ta yi aiki tare da marasa lafiya na tarin fuka. Fossey ta kasance mai tseren doki ne, wanda ya jawo ta zuwa Kentucky a 1955, kuma shekara guda daga baya ya ɗauki aiki a matsayin mai ilimin kwantar da hankali a asibitin yara na Kosair Crippled a Louisville.
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