Pang Saifon (Tong Yip?)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kinnaree House elephant camp in Thailand

Biography

♀ Pang Saifon (Tong Yip?)
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Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 13 years old
Management:	Free contact
Origin
Born:	* 2012-02-28 captive-born
Birth place:	in Kinnaree House elephant camp
Birth weight	75.00 kgs, 165.00 lbs

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Gaewta
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kinnaree House elephant camp, in Thailand

Date of arrival

2012-02-28	Kinnaree House elephant camp from Sommai Salangam

Record history
History of updates	2012-06-18: alt name 2013-08-22: owner, location

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

Biography

Pang Saifon (Tong Yip?) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Kinnaree House elephant camp, in Thailand.

Saifon (Tong Yip?) arrived in 2012-02-28 to the Kinnaree House elephant camp, relocated from the Sommai Salangam, in Thailand.

Social

Saifon (Tong Yip?) lives together with 19 other elephants at the Kinnaree House elephant camp: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Pang Gaewta
2. ♀ Mink born 1998
3. ♂ Plai Peemai born 2010-01-03
4. ⚪ unknown
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Origin

Pang is a prefix name, used in Thailand for female elephants.

Pang Saifon (Tong Yip?) was born captive-born 2012-02-28 at Kinnaree House elephant camp.

Parentage

Parents of Pang Saifon (Tong Yip?) are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Gaewta (mother).

Pedigree

**Saifon (Tong Yip?)s ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Saifon (Tong Yip?)	Sire (f): Born: 2025-06	Sire ff: Born: 2025-06	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born: 2025-06	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-06	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born: 2025-06	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Gaewta Born: 2025-06	Sire mf: Born: 2025-06	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born: 2025-06	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born: 2025-06	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born: 2025-06	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Owner: Sommai Salangam, Surin.

It was raining heavily while Pang Gaewta was in labor, so we named the baby Saifon [falling rain] because the moment she was born the rain stopped, Mr Sommai said.

Contradictory records:

Oter sources claim that her name is Tong Yip (source)

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Pang Saifon (Tong Yip?), Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kinnaree House elephant camp in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=7806. (archived at the Wayback machine)