Khaing Phyo Phyo an Asian elephant at Planckendael Zoo

☨ ♀ Khaing Phyo Phyo
Dumbo and Phyo Phyo. Antwerp Zoo Summer 2008. Photo: Tony Verhulst

Identification

EEP nr	8109

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 37 years old
Origin
Born:	* 1981-08-31 unknown
Birth place:
Imported:	1989
Freight:	By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam
Death
Dead date:	† 2018-06-04
Death reason:	euthanised: renal failure
Offspring
Total: 6 babies

1. Born 1998-02-13	♂ Timber EEP id: 9801

2. Born 2002-06-30 (dead † 2005-08-15)	♂ Sitang

3. Born 2005-04-11	♀ May Tagu EEP id: 200504

4. Born 2009-05-17	♀ Kai Mook (Kai-Mook) EEP id: 200906

5. Born 2015-06-16 (dead † 2018-05-27)	♀ Qiyo EEP id: 201500

6. Born 2018-04-11 (dead † 2018-06-26)	♂ Tarzen EEP id: 201806? (EEP nr N/A)
Locations
Present / last location:	Planckendael Zoo, in Belgium

Date of Arrival (Presently sometimes errors!)

2012-06-18	Planckendael Zoo from Antwerp Zoo Antwerp Zoo 2006-05-02 from Port Lympne Zoo Port Lympne Zoo 1999-11-22 from Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) Rotterdam Zoo (Diergaarde Blijdorp) 1995-11-09 from Rhenen Zoo Rhenen Zoo 1989-06-05 from Soest Zoo Soest Zoo 1989-06-01 from Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo) Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo) 1989-00-00 from E.A.G. van den Brink E.A.G. van den Brink from Myanmar Timber Enterprise (MTE)

Document updated	2009-01-11: Image 2009-08-04: Khaing Phyo Phyo 2012-06-19: transfered 2016-12-29: pregnant 2018-04-09: prev location Rangoon 2018-06-05: death report
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Description

† Khaing Phyo Phyo is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant, (Elephas maximus), who died at Planckendael Zoo, in Belgium, of euthanised in 2018-06-04. Official death reason described as renal failure. (see detailed list).

Offspring

Khaing Phyo Phyo was born unknown 1981-08-31. and imported 1989, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

Comments / pictures

5 females to Zoo Rhenen, Holland. They were inspected by Mr Peter up country and at Rangoon Zoo.
van den Brink, 2014

Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2021). Khaing Phyo Phyo, an Asian elephant at Planckendael Zoo in Belgium. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 14 April 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=683. (archived at the Wayback machine)