Cynthia Moss

CYNTHIA MOSS

This is one of Cynthia Moss's books "Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family" that Theresa brought to the Wilderness Travel's "Perspectives on East Africa" symposium at Tanzania in March, 1999.

The subject of several television and film documentaries, Cynthia Moss is the well-known director of the Amboseli Elephant Research Project, which she founded in 1972. Since the project's inception, she and her staff have identified and recorded more than 1,400 elephants, and they continually traverse the park monitoring elephant family groups and independent males and working to protect the elephant population from poachers. She has written several books, including Portraits in the Wild: Animal Behavior in East Africa and Echo of the Elephants: Thee Story of an Elephant Family. [Wilderness Travel's Symposium Information]

Bill Abbot, the founder and president of Wilderness Travel, was introducing Cynthia Moss.

Cynthia Moss presented her slide show, which Theresa and I enjoyed tremendously. I especially enjoyed those pictures of Amboseli elephants with the snow-capped Mt. Kilimanjaro in the background!

Cynthia examined a couple of the elephant photos that we took at Amboseli in 1991. She also graciously autographed them.

Cynthia identified this youngster as Toby.

Here was a group of elephants in Amboseli National Park, Kenya in 1991.

Cynthia graciously autographed her book. "To Theresa, With best wishes, Cynthia Moss. Serengeti March 3, 1999" Note that it's only to Theresa--how about me?! :-)

Just look at Theresa grinning from ear-to-ear. What a great experience to meet Cynthia Moss.