Elephants at private locations in Cambodia

23 private locations has kept elephants in Cambodia
There is presently 7 (2,5) living elephants in private locations in Cambodia (in this database)

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Region:

Cambodia is in this database included in asia

Other regions

Wild elephants:

Cambodia has about 425 (min. 250, max. 600) wild elephants. Source:Maltby & Bourchier (2011)

Location holdings:

23 private locations has kept 25 elephants in Cambodia

(Database tables with collection of elephants further down on the page)

Elephants in private locations

7 (2,5) living

18 (5,3) dead

Sex ratio and
Management:

Male

2 / 7

29%

Female

5 / 7

71%

Free contact

3 / 7

43%

Protected contact

0 / 7

No contact

0 / 7

Unknown contact

1 / 7

14%

wild

0 / 7

Map above: Elephant distribution (yellow) in Cambodia. Source: Fauna and Flora International, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

Wild population

2011: The present numbers of wild elephants has been correlated to DNA studies of feaces, a project supported by Fauna and Flora International, Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

2006: surveys that collected DNA from elephant dung in Seima Protection Forest revealed a population of approximately 116 animals within the protected area — but not a single elephant was seen during the study.

1999: 500-1000 (Osborn and Vinton, 1999)

1995: 2 000 (Kemf and Jackson, 1995)

Captive population

There is 121 captive elephants (Jack Highwood, 2011)

During the Pol Pot regime, some tame elephants reverted to a wild state. Very few wild elephants were captured during the period 1980 to 2000, according to local people in Mondulkiri.

Mondulkiri

In l999, Mondulkiri provincial DFW officials recorded 93 elephants, but by 2000 the number had declined to 83 elephants. These ten elephants lost between 1999 and 2000 were in fact sent to Siem Reap. According to the last double check conducted by Mondulkiri DFW in June to July 2001, 91 domesticated elephants were recorded. Others were possibly sold to Thailand and Viet Nam between l999 and 2000. During this period, six calf elephants were captured, ranging in age from 6 months to five years old, according to provincial DFW sources.(FAO)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan, Facts about elephants in Cambodia. Elephant Encyclopedia, (2021) available online retrieved at https://www.elephant.se/country.php?name=Cambodia.
(archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources, among others

Current status of elephants in Cambodia, by Maltby & Bourchier (2011), http://www.asesg.org/gajah35.htm">Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ad031e/ad031e0c.htm#TopOfPage

Internal relevant links

The elephant database startpage. Statistics

News about elephants in Cambodia (From the sister site Elephant News)

Name

Elephant collection

Type

Place

District

Province

State

Region

23 private locations has kept elephants in Cambodia There is presently 7 (2,5) living elephants in private locations in Cambodia (in this database)

Wild population

Captive population

Mondulkiri

Recommended Citation

Sources, among others

Internal relevant links

23 private locations has kept elephants in Cambodia
There is presently 7 (2,5) living elephants in private locations in Cambodia (in this database)