Catriona RossDec 35 min read‘They crossed the miles and miles of wilderness to mourn with us’Françoise Malby-Anthony encounters a herd of elephants after her husband’s death, Thula Thula Private Game Reserve, Zululand, South...
Catriona RossJan 314 min read‘This was the proudest moment I had known’: Jane Goodall and chimpanzees in Gombe Stream National Park, TanzaniaSince dawn I had climbed up and down the steep mountain slopes and pushed my way through the dense valley forests. Again and again I had...
Catriona RossDec 5, 20234 min read'Then something extremely strange happened': Don Pinnock and an elephant in ZimbabweThere’s a rule of the wild, often fatal if broken, that you don’t get in the way of a wild elephant. You give it all the space it needs....
Catriona RossNov 23, 20237 min read‘Nothing prepared me for this encounter’: Grant Fowlds and a silverback gorilla in the DRCThe trek could have been gruelling as we were walking on an undulating mat of dense vine foliage. Every now and again one of us would...
Catriona RossNov 23, 20232 min readWelcome to My Wild MomentHere, my guests share an encounter with wildlife that touched them to the core, and possibly even changed the course of their lives.