Cynthia Moss

Cynthia Moss ( born July 24, 1940 in Ossining, NY) is an American researcher, conservationist and author who specialized in the behavior of African elephants. Through years of research it has detected and identified more than 1400 elephants.

Life

Cynthia Moss is the daughter of newspaper publisher Julian Moss and his wife Lilian Moss. She is the younger of two daughters.

1962 Cynthia Moss graduated at Smith College with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from their studies. She then worked as a journalist for Newsweek magazine. To get your own image, she decided in 1967 to fly to Africa. During her stay in Africa they visited the Lake Manyara National Park, where she met the British elephant researcher Iain Douglas-Hamilton in Tanzania. In 1968, she left her job at Newsweek, to assist Iain Douglas-Hamilton in his research project.

In 1972, Moss began the research project with elephants in Amboseli National Park in Kenya. Her research specialized in the behavior, the structure of family life and the life cycle of the elephant. In the 80erJahren she turned her attention on the conservation of elephants because their population halved by the ivory trade, and by the destruction of the natural habitat. With Joyce Poole, she flew to Washington in 1988 to the report there African Wildlife Foundation ( AWF ) through the impending extinction of elephants. In addition, Cynthia Moss founded the organization Amboseli Trust for Elephants, which is registered in Kenya and in the U.S.. Currently, her work focuses on the formation of African scientists in elephant research, to communicate with other researchers and elephant conservation in Africa and Asia. In addition, she conducted studies on elephant populations in Kenya, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Botswana. In addition, she has written a number of books and scholarly articles, and four documentaries for BBC television, where she accompanied a family of elephants in Amboseli National Park 19 years. In another documentary entitled Africa 's Forgotten Elephants for the BBC television involved a elephant population that is most difficult for Africa. In addition, she has produced a 13-part series on the Amboseli elephants for the TV Animal Planet.

Awards

  • MacArthur Fellowship, a 5-year scholarship for outstanding creativity and special services.

Writings

  • In the wild: wildlife viewing in East Africa, 1982, ISBN 978-0-241-02453-9
  • The Year of the Elephant: Diary of an African Elephant Family, 1992, ISBN 978-3492401050
  • Little Big Ears: The Story of Eli, 1997, ISBN 978-0689800313
  • Elephant Woman: Cynthia Moss Explores the World of Elephants, 1997, ISBN 978-0689801426
  • Elephant Memories: Thirteen Years in the Life of an Elephant Family with a new afterword, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2000, ISBN 978-0-226-54237-9. German: The Elephants of the Kilimanjaro. Thirteen years in the life of a family of elephants, 2000, ISBN 978-0226542379
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