Gung (Prawn)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo in Australia

♂ Gung (Prawn)

Identification

ASMP nr	59

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 23 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2000 unknown
Birth place:
Imported:	2004
Freight:	Air cargo
Offspring
Total: 4 babies

1. Born 2009-07-04	♂ Luk Chai

2. Born 2010-11-02 (dead † 2018-09-03)	♀ Tukta

3. Born 2016-11-02	♂ Sabai

4. Born 2017-05-26 (dead † 2020-10-13)	♂ Jai Dee
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

2018-01-30	Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo from Sydney Zoo

2006-11-05	Sydney Zoo from Cocos Island Animal Quarantine Station

2006-07-30	Cocos Island Animal Quarantine Station from Ayutthaya Royal Elephant Kraal

Record history
History of updates	2010-12-03: nr 2011-04-19: prev loc 2018-02-28: transfer 2018-04-21: corr arrival 2018-02-09

Latest document update	2020-10-19 05:03:46
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Biography

Location

Gung (Prawn) is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, in Australia.

Gung (Prawn) arrived in 2018-01-30 to the Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, relocated from the Sydney Zoo, in Australia.

Gung (Prawn) lives together with 6 other elephants at the Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo:

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Gung (Prawn) was born unknown 2000. and imported 2004, Air cargo

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2023). Gung (Prawn), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 September 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=593. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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