Bai Cha
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Elephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand

Biography

☨ ♀ Bai Cha

Alternative name:	Kham Noi

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Asia unspecified location
Death
Dead:	†2021-05-00
Death reason:	:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Elephant Nature Park (ENP), in Thailand

Date of arrival

	Elephant Nature Park (ENP) from Pattaya unspecified location

	Pattaya unspecified location from Surin Province unspecified Elephant Camp

	Surin Province unspecified Elephant Camp from Karen unspecified hilltribe family

	Karen unspecified hilltribe family from Asia unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2018-04-26: new record 2020-04-27: text

Latest document update	2021-06-04 14:59:41
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† Bai Cha is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2021-05-00 at Elephant Nature Park (ENP), in Thailand, .

Origin

Bai Cha was born wild at Asia unspecified location.

Comments / pictures

Born in the 1950’s, originally from Mae Chaem District. Her first owner lived in a Karen tribe, where she was unofficially owned by many families where each family switched to use her each year. [...] she was sold from her home in the North, down to Surin. From Surin, she was taken to the South of Thailand. [...] Her most recent owner moved her to Pattaya to work in a tourist camp.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Bai Cha, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Elephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 May 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=10984. (archived at the Wayback machine)