Elephant Stories

Phoebe
Observed by Cynthia Moss first time during the launch of the innovative Amboseli elephant research, Penelope was presumed the matriarch of the later called P group, because she usually led...
Phoebe
Observed by Cynthia Moss first time during the launch of the innovative Amboseli elephant research, Penelope was presumed the matriarch of the later called P group, because she usually led...

Teddy
Teddy, the calf of Torn Ear was born in 1966 and observed and recorded by the scientist and researcher Cynthia Moss for Amboseli Trust for Elephants. It was in the...
Teddy
Teddy, the calf of Torn Ear was born in 1966 and observed and recorded by the scientist and researcher Cynthia Moss for Amboseli Trust for Elephants. It was in the...

Willa
Willa was a beautiful female that lived in a herd with Wendy as matriarch who was later poached. Willa’s tail looked like it’s been eaten, very nearly cut in two...
Willa
Willa was a beautiful female that lived in a herd with Wendy as matriarch who was later poached. Willa’s tail looked like it’s been eaten, very nearly cut in two...

Hlamalala
Hlamalala has been named for the tributary of the Shisha Spruit, 23km north east of Punda Maria (‘Hlamalala’ is a Tsonga word for the southern stripe bellied grass or sand...
Hlamalala
Hlamalala has been named for the tributary of the Shisha Spruit, 23km north east of Punda Maria (‘Hlamalala’ is a Tsonga word for the southern stripe bellied grass or sand...

Induna
Induna was a regal elephant, strong in stature with tusks that earned him the label of a “tusker”. A tusker is an elephant with tusks that weigh more than 45.45...
Induna
Induna was a regal elephant, strong in stature with tusks that earned him the label of a “tusker”. A tusker is an elephant with tusks that weigh more than 45.45...

Nana
In 2009, a traumatised elephant herd abruptly arrived at Thula Thula Game Reserve in Zululand after their matriarch had been shot. The late conservationist, Lawrence Anthony, together with his wife...
Nana
In 2009, a traumatised elephant herd abruptly arrived at Thula Thula Game Reserve in Zululand after their matriarch had been shot. The late conservationist, Lawrence Anthony, together with his wife...