Inspired by the poaching death of a leopard, the anthropologist Louis Leakey motivated Paul Arnold Casey, Jr. of California to breed a domestic cat resembling a small leopard in order to emphasize how important it was to preserve the leopard.
Louis Leakey and Mary Leakey investigated the site in 1935, but were disappointed by the lack of burial sites.
Founded by Dr. Birute Galdikas, one of three anthropologists (The Trimates) to study great apes under the guidance of Dr. Louis Leakey, OFI continues to rescue and rehabilitate orangutans, preparing them for release back into protected areas of the Indonesian rain forest.
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For much of her career she worked together with her husband, Louis Leakey, in the Olduvai Gorge, in eastern Africa, uncovering the tools and fossils of ancient hominines.
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Through Gertrude, Mary met Louis Leakey, who was in need of an illustrator for his book, Adam's Ancestors.
Although she pursued many important archeological projects, mostly in the Mojave Desert in California, she spent much of her life working with Dr. Louis Leakey on the Calico Early Man Site in Yermo, California, however this lead to disagreements between Louis and her wife.