Sayang
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio) in Belgium

Biography

♀ Sayang


Identification

EEP nr	9507

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus borneensis
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 30 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1995 unknown
Birth place:	in Borneo unspecified location
Offspring
Total: 3 babies

1. Born 2010-05-07	♀ Saphira EEP id: 201005

2. Born 2013-10-27	♀ Sitara EEP id: 201315

3. Born 2017-05-05	♂ Ravi EEP id: 201710?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio), in Belgium

Date of arrival

2018-09-25	Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio) from Hannover Zoo

1998-08-26	Hannover Zoo from International Zoo Services (John Rens)

	International Zoo Services (John Rens) from Lok Kawi Wildlife Park (Sabah Zoo)

	Lok Kawi Wildlife Park (Sabah Zoo) from Borneo unspecified location

Record history
History of updates	2009-03-24: pregnant 2010-05-09: not pregnant 2010-09-20: picture from Petra Prager 2012-07-24: pregnant 2013-10-28: not pregnant 2018-09-26: transferred Paradiso 2018-11-02: link to EleWiki submitted 2020-09-22: subspecies

Latest document update	2021-01-31 02:17:33
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Biography

Sayang is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio), in Belgium.

Sayang arrived in 2018-09-25 to the Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio), relocated from the Hannover Zoo, in Germany.

Social

Sayang lives together with 16 other elephants at the Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio): (detailed list)

Total: 3 babies

Origin

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sayang, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio) in Belgium. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 9 November 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=219. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Pairi Daiza (Parc Paradisio)

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Links

Sayang at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
Link to translated version with Google Translate

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