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Mek Bunga
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre in Malaysia

♀ Mek Bunga
Cekmek and MekBunga (right)

Identification

Local id Number	25

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre, in Malaysia

Date of arrival

	Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre
Record history
History of updates	2012-04-21:

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography

Location

Mek Bunga is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre, in Malaysia.

Mek Bunga arrived to the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre unknown date, Mek Bunga lives together with 27 other elephants at the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre:

1. ♀ Abot born 1997
2. ♀ Abut born 2000
3. ♀ Alice (Mawar) born 2001
4. ♂ Awang Jerek
5. ♂ Berabung born 2005
6. ♀ Cek Mek (Chek Mek)
7. ♀ Ceri
8. ♂ Charlie
9. ♀ Jeli born 2009?
10. ♀ Kala
11. ♀ Langsat
12. ♂ Lasah born 2001
13. ♂ Lasah
14. ♀ Lokimala
15. ♀ Mas
16. ♀ Mentopyan
17. ♀ Metty (Myan Thon Pyan) born 1982
18. ♀ Paloh born 2010?
19. ♀ Pandan
20. ♀ Rambai born 1978
21. ♀ Sanom born 2003
22. ♀ Seledang (Selendang)
23. ♀ Siput born 2005
24. ♂ Syawal (Shawal) born 2005
25. ♂ Tapis
26. ♂ Timur
27. ⚪ unknown

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Origin

Mek Bunga was born wild .

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:

Brought in from Thailand in the early 80s.
Other sources stat she has origin from India

Retired due to blindness.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Mek Bunga, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre in Malaysia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 8 June 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3270. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://www.myelephants.org/Emgmt.html

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