Plai Sak
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Plai Sak  dead elephant



Alternative name: Plaisak

Identification

EEP nr201712?

Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 5 years old
Origin
Born:* 2017-05-17 captive-born
Birth place: in Copenhagen Zoo

Parents: Chieng Mai x ♀ Kungrao
Death
Dead: 2022-08-26
Death reason: disease: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark

Date of arrival

2017-05-17Copenhagen Zoo
Record history
History of updates2018-03-02: new, possible eep nr
2018-05-07: alt name
2022-08-29: Updated as dead

Latest document update2022-08-29 17:37:55
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† Plai Sak is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2022-08-26 at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, . Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus.

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 Sak was born captive-born 2017-05-17 at Copenhagen Zoo.

Parentage


Parents of Plai Sak are: ♂ Chieng Mai (father) and ♀ Kungrao (mother).

Siblings through the father Chieng Mai:

  1. 1970-09-18 -- † 2023-09-25 (F) Irma
  2. 1975-12-15(F) Schottzie
  3. 1980-03-31 -- † 1984-09-08 (F) Maia
  4. 1981-11-10 -- † 2020-07-24 (M) Chang
  5. 1983-03-18 -- † 1990-09-07 (M) Haakon
  6. 1986-01-22 -- † 2003-09-21 (F) Coco
  7. 1991-10-28 -- † 1991-10-28 (F) noname
  8. 1996-03-15 -- † 2006-02-09 (M) Santosh
  9. 1997-02-17 -- † 1997-06-19 (M) Hannibal
  10. 2001-12-02 -- † 2003-10-06 (M) Punjab
  11. 2006-03-20(M) Gandhi
  12. 2013-02-25 -- † 2014-11-24 (M) Khao Sok
  13. 2013-08-26 -- † 2013-08-26 (F) stillborn
  14. 2015-09-04 -- † 2015-09-04 (M) stillborn

Siblings through the mother Kungrao:

  1. 2013-02-25 - † 2014-11-24 (M) Khao Sok

Pedigree


Saks ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Sak

Sire (f):
Chieng Mai

Born: 1959
2025-06

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Born:
2025-06
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Born:
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Dame m:
Kungrao

Born: 1998
2025-06

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Born:
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Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Sak, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16732. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Zoologisk Have Facebook, Copenhagen Zoo

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