Plai Tawan an Asian elephant at Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary

♂ Plai Tawan
Identification
Chip id Number4D 00-005-359
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 16 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 2005 captive-born
Birth place:
Locations
Present / last location:Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary, in Thailand
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
2012-04-06Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary
from Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp
Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp 2011-04-01
from TECC (Thai Elephant Conservation Center - National Elephant Institute)
TECC (Thai Elephant Conservation Center - National Elephant Institute) 2010-00-00
from Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp
Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp 2006-02-08
from Surin unspecified Elephant Camp
Surin unspecified Elephant Camp
from Surin elephant hospital
Surin elephant hospital
from Surin unspecified Elephant Camp
Document updated2011-04-07: transfered to Anantara
2012-04-08: Going to the Reintroduction Foundation
2013-04-30: chip nr
Random literature
Description

Location

Plai Tawan is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary, in Thailand.

Tawan arrived Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary 2012-04-06, relocated from Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp, in Thailand.

In Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary, Plai Tawan lives together with 22 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Pang Numfon born 1964
    2. ,
  2. ♀ Pang Boonrod
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Pang Buathong
    4. ,
  4. ♀ Pang Janpang born 1966
    5. ,
  5. ♀ Pang Khonthong
    6. ,
  6. ♀ Pang Kwan
    7. ,
  7. ♀ Pang Lampang
    8. ,
  8. ♀ Pang Malee
    9. ,
  9. ♀ Pang Morakot
    10. ,
  10. ♀ Pang Nimnuan
    11. ,
  11. ♀ Pang Saithong
    12. ,
  12. ♀ Pang Sunee
    13. ,
  13. ♀ Pang Suthas
    14. ,
  14. ♀ Pang Tongbai
    15. ,
  15. ♀ Phang Kham Moon Yai
    16. ,
  16. ♂ Plai Phat
    17. ,
  17. ♂ Plai Sombat (Seedor Sombat)
    18. ,
  18. ♂ Plai Sukhum
    19. ,
  19. ♂ Plai Sutin
    20. ,
  20. ♀ Pang Sarah
    21. ,
  21. ♂ Plai Somluk
    22. ,
  22. ♂ Plai Suthas
    23. , (see detailed list).

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 Tawan was born captive-born 2005.


Comments / pictures

2012-04-08: Going to the Reintroduction Foundation



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Plai Tawan, an Asian elephant at Doi Pha Muang Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 19 June 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4478. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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