Plai Boonkong
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
FAE Elephant Hospital in Thailand

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Plai Boonkong  dead elephant
Alternative name: Boon Kong

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Status:sick
Dentition
Incisivestusker
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2016-08-24
Death reason: disease: Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis))
Locations - owners
Present / last location:FAE Elephant Hospital, in Thailand

Date of arrival

FAE Elephant Hospital
Record history
History of updates2022-03-25

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Plai Boonkong is a dead sick Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2016-08-24 at FAE Elephant Hospital, in Thailand, . Official death reason described as Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium Elephant Elephant TB (Mycobacterium tuberculosis) (Mycobacterium tuberculosis)).

Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Boonkong was born wild .


Comments / pictures

Trimmed Tusks.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Plai Boonkong, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at FAE Elephant Hospital in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 March 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11224. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Soraida Solwala, FAE, Thailand




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Categories2016 deaths | Elephants from FAE Elephant Hospital | Thailand | Asian elephants


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