Plai Mee Chok
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) in Thailand

Location

Plai Mee Chok is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC), in Thailand.

Mee Chok arrived in 2019-07-22 to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC), relocated from the BLES (Boon Lotts Elephant Sanctuary), in Thailand.

1. 1. ♂ AI born 2007-03-07
2. 2. ♀ AI
3. 3. ♀ Bai Tong
4. 4. ♂ Plai Boon Long born 2011
5. 5. ♂ Butoo born 2018-08-18
6. 6. ♀ Chun Pen
7. 7. ♀ Fa Jam born ~2016
8. 8. ♀ Fahsai
9. 9. ♀ Pang Fueng Fah born ~2000
10. 10. ♀ Gingtong
11. 11. ♂ Joey
12. 12. ♂ Jojo
13. 13. ♀ Kaengsopa born 2003
14. 14. ♂ Karn Kraey
15. 15. ♂ Katid
16. 16. ♀ Khai Waan born 2012-09-25
17. 17. ♀ Khampun born 1967
18. 18. ♀ Pang Kod born 1982
19. 19. ♀ Kongtong born 1977
20. 20. ♀ Lawan
21. 21. ♀ Look Khang
22. 22. ♀ Maddy (Mo Dee) born 1980?
23. 23. ♂ Momay
24. 24. ♀ Nam Mei
25. 25. ♀ Nau Oon born 2004-06-12
26. 26. ♂ Plai Ngam born 1994-08-19
27. 27. ♂ Plai Nhing-Nhong
28. 28. ♀ Now May
29. 29. ♀ Pang Pachi (Pachee) born 2007
30. 30. ♀ Pang Bua Kham born 1979
31. 31. ♀ Pang Pum Paung born 1981
32. 32. ♀ Pang Yom
33. 33. ♀ Phunzup
34. 34. ♂ Popeye born 2010
35. 35. ♀ Prachaub
36. 36. ♀ Prathida born 1993
37. 37. ♀ Saishon
38. 38. ♀ Saitong
39. 39. ♂ Sampran born 2002
40. 40. ♀ Sing Korn (Singha Khon)
41. 41. ♂ Singha born 2011-04-05
42. 42. ♀ Somchai
43. 43. ♂ Sri Dor Yai
44. 44. ♂ Sri Siam born 2001
45. 45. ♀ Tan Tawan
46. 46. ♀ Tanwa
47. 47. ♀ Thangmo born 2006
48. 48. ♂ Tongkam born 2011-09-09
49. 49. ♀ Tongpoon
50. 50. ♀ Tongtae born 1999
51. 51. ♂ Tongtang
52. 52. ♀ Uaengkam born 2008-03-03
53. 53. ⚪ uknown
54. 54. ♀ unknown
55. 55. ⚪ unknown
56. 56. ⚪ unknown
57. 57. ⚪ unknown
58. 58. ⚪ unknown
59. 59. ⚪ unknown
60. 60. ⚪ unknown
61. 61. ⚪ unknown born 2008-10-23
62. 62. ♂ unknown
63. 63. ⚪ unknown
64. 64. ⚪ unknown
65. 65. ⚪ unknown
66. 66. ⚪ unknown
67. 67. ⚪ unknown
68. 68. ⚪ unknown
69. 69. ⚪ unknown
70. 70. ♂ unknown
71. 71. ♀ unknown
72. 72. ⚪ unknown
73. 73. ⚪ unknown
74. 74. ⚪ unknown
75. 75. ⚪ unknown
76. 76. ⚪ unknown
77. 77. ⚪ unknown
78. 78. ⚪ unknown
79. 79. ♀ unknown
80. 80. ♀ unknown
81. 81. ⚪ unknown
82. 82. ♀ unknown
83. 83. ♂ unknown born 1984
84. 84. ⚪ unknown
85. 85. ⚪ unknown
86. 86. ♀ unknown
87. 87. ⚪ unknown
88. 88. ⚪ unknown
89. 89. ♀ Wandee
90. 90. ♀ Wang Chao
91. 91. ♀ Wangtong born 2003
92. 92. ♀ Wanna
93. 93. ♀ wild mother

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 Mee Chok was born wild >2008.

Mee Chok fell and landed on his tusk and was displaying signs of pain.

2012-01-10: Check up regarding an eventual fracture of the root of his tusk.

On the 22nd July 2019, Mee Chok was relocated to the TECC.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• http://www.blesele.org/meet-our-elephants/?s=mee-chok
  
• https://wordpress.com/post/blesele.wordpress.com/1997
  
• https://www.blesele.org/blog/world-elephant-day-2021-focusing-on-the-individual

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• elephant mankillers, elephants that has killed humans. List of elephant mankillers
• More elephants from: Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC)
• More elephants from: Thailand
• More elephants that was born: >2008
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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• elephant-news.com
• Asianelephant.net
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• Buckles Blog
• circushistory.org
• Elephant_Commentator
• Elefanten-Fotolexikon.eu
• elefanten.wikia
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