Plai Huay Yai
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Unknown in Unknown

Biography

♂ Plai Huay Yai

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 15 years old
Status:	Lost to follow-up
Management:	Unknown
Origin
Born:	* 2010-03-00 wild
Birth place:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Unknown, in Unknown

Date of arrival

2010-03-00	Unknown
Record history
History of updates	2010-03-27: 2020-11-06: Updated as lost to trace

Latest document update	2020-11-06 16:29:51

Biography

Plai Huay Yai is a living Lost to follow-up Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Unknown, in Unknown.

Huay Yai arrived in 2010-03-00 to the Unknown,

Social

Huay Yai lives together with 136 other elephants at the Unknown: (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 Huay Yai was born wild 2010-03-00.

Comments / pictures

Plai Huay Yai, aged 15 days old, strayed from the wild Herd and fell into the Huay Yai ravine in Phato district of Chumphon. It was taken to a nearby army unit where it has been treated for external injuries. The calf was named Huay Yai after the place where it fell.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Huay Yai, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Unknown in Unknown. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 20 July 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=5639. (archived at the Wayback machine)