Mat Chepor at Piah Forest Reserve

† Mat Chepor

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Species:	Asian elephant
Sex and age:	Male 2 years
Dead date:	† 2006-06-00
Death reason:	anesthesia: post-mortem showed intestinal erosion, dehydration and lack of nutrition
Location:	Piah Forest Reserve
Arrived	Piah Forest Reserve 2004-00-00
Born:	2004 wild

Document updated	2008-03-27
The orphaned calf, which was found wandering around in the Piah Forest reserve apparently searching for its mother which had been shot by hunters, was in the process of being relocated to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Translocation Unit in Pahang to join a herd of 11 elephants. He is supposed to have been given 20mg Xylazine. Just 10m away from the trailer at the Felcra Kampong Chepor oil palm estate, Mat Chepor collapsed. Despite efforts by Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) rangers from Perak and Pahang to keep him alive, the calf grew weaker overnight and died 18 hours later. Sources, among others Death of jumbo raises questions Internal relevant links More elephants from: Piah Forest Reserve More elephants from: Malaysia More elephants that was born: 2004 More elephants that died: 2006-06-00 All breeding cows All breeding bulls The elephant database startpage. Statistics List of all captive born elephants in the database Search more on the web for Mat Chepor (The name Mat Chepor is already submitted into the link, just click on the link for relevant results) elephant-news.com elefanten-fotolexikon.eu elefanten.wikia Google Books elephanttag.org and Asian Elephant Studbook 2003-2005, AZA North America (PDF) Asianelephant.net Buckles Blog ShowMe Elephants circushistory.org Billboard Elephant_Commentator ZooChat Share the page about Mat Chepor