Sambo
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Elephant Valley Project Cambodia in Cambodia

Biography

☨ ♀ Sambo


Alternative name:	Sam Bo, Sombo

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 63 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1960 wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2023-10-16
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Elephant Valley Project Cambodia, in Cambodia

Date of arrival

2014-12-00	Elephant Valley Project Cambodia from Sin Sorn

2012-02-00	Sin Sorn from Wat Phnom

1993-00-00	Wat Phnom from Sin Sorn

1979-00-00	Sin Sorn from Khmer Rouge cadres labour camp

	Khmer Rouge cadres labour camp from Prom Song

Record history
History of updates	2011-02-12: text, source 2012-03-06: removed from work at the temple 2016-01-25: transfer 2023-10-20: Updated as dead

Latest document update	2023-10-20 08:24:51

† Sambo is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2023-10-16 at Elephant Valley Project Cambodia, in Cambodia, .

Origin

Sambo was born wild 1960.

Comments / pictures

Sambo in Elephant Valley Project Cambodia

Contradictory records:

According to the owner: Origin from Oral Mountains, Kampung Speau province.
Spend some years, brutalized at a Khmer Rogue camp.
During late seventies by unknown owner, Kravagn mountains, Pursat province.

Other sources state Sin Sorn bought her after the fall of Khmer Rogue, fabricated the story about Khmer Rogue, and that she is younger than he claims.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Sambo, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Elephant Valley Project Cambodia in Cambodia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4841. (archived at the Wayback machine)