Gom Phoy an Asian elephant at Kulen Elephant Forest

♀ Gom Phoy

Alternative name:	Gompoy, Gompoi, Kham Poy, Sophib

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 60 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 1961 unknown
Birth place:
Offspring
Total: 2 babies
(Claimed offspring: 2. one baby died, a second is called Comvine/Kham Wen (Mondulkiri))

1. Born 1983	♀ Comvine

2. Born 2004-00-00 (dead † 2004-00-00)	⚪ stillborn
Locations
Present / last location:	Kulen Elephant Forest, in Cambodia

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2019-12-00	Kulen Elephant Forest from Angkor Wat elephants Angkor Wat elephants from Sin Sorn Sin Sorn from Katieng Waterfall (Phume Kateung) elephant village Katieng Waterfall (Phume Kateung) elephant village from Mondulkiri province unspecified location

Document updated	2011-12-14: picture 2020-10-31: merged with previous Kham Poy nr 6678
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Description

Location

Gom Phoy is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), located at Kulen Elephant Forest, in Cambodia.

Gom Phoy arrived Kulen Elephant Forest 2019-12-00, relocated from Angkor Wat elephants, in Cambodia.

In Kulen Elephant Forest, Gom Phoy lives together with 12 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

♀ Chi Chlorb
♀ Chi Min
♀ Chi Ole
♀ Chi Tan
♀ Chi Tem
♀ Chi Tone born 1966
♀ Chi Youl
♀ I Plock
♀ I Tok
♂ Kham Sung born 1985
♀ Savath
♂ Tong Kham born 1963

detailed list

Offspring

(Claimed offspring: 2. one baby died, a second is called Comvine/Kham Wen (Mondulkiri))

(F) 1983 Comvine
() 2004-00-00 -- † 2004-00-00 stillborn

Origin

Gom Phoy was born unknown 1961.

Comments / pictures

Contradictory records:
Other sources claim she was born 1953, which is unlikely.

Gompoy can be recognized by the white spots on her body, here is a closeup from her rear leg.

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Gom Phoy, an Asian elephant at Kulen Elephant Forest in Cambodia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 May 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=6366. (archived at the Wayback machine)