Ta Horn

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☨ Ta Horn
Profession	zoo elephant keeper
Personal details
Dead	2002-01-28

Residence
Country	Cambodia

Locations
Title	elephant keeper -2002
Location	at Wildaid Cambodia (Military camp) in Cambodia

Biography details

Ta Horn , zoo elephant keeper in Cambodia

Horn was born * 1937? dead 2002-01-28 .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Srey Pov (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

2002-01-28: elephant keeper Ta Horn fatal attack by Srey Pov. the man was knocked down and trampled on by the elephant until he died after he tried to offer the animal sugarcane. Ta Horn † Ta Horn Died 2002-01-28

2002-01-28: Ta Horn, 65, was helping look after 100-year-old elephant Srei Pov, which means "the youngest girl," last week when the pachyderm turned on him. According to the villagers, the man was knocked down and trampled on by the elephant until he died after he tried to offer the animal sugarcane, the Koh Santepheap daily reported. Srei Pov, who was living in a military camp on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, was sent to Cambodia's national zoo after the incident.

Villagers said Srei Pov seriously injured another person last month in the same manner.

Ta Horn is mentioned on 9 other person pagesBenjamin Wallace, Christoph Schulz, David Farr, Hans von Hochberg, Jacques Tourniaire, Jean Schreiber, John Cuneo, Philippine Rödiger, Ruedi Tanner,

Ta Horn is mentioned on 14 location pagesAlexandria Zoo, Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam Zoo Guwahati, Carl Hagenbecks Wild Animal Circus, Gangala-na-Bodio Elephant Domestication Center, Halle State Museum of Prehistory, Jamrach menagerie, Jungleland Thousand Oaks animal farm (Louis Goebel), Kaziranga National Park, Overmyer Mastodon Site, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Sonepur Fair, The Big Game Ranch, Van Amburg Circus,

Ta Horn is mentioned on 16 elephant record pagesBoonmee, Chavaruka, Ding (DIng-Dong), Frieda (Freida, Taffy), Joyce, Mashumbi, Maude, Maxi, Maya, Minnie, Misty, Queenie, Srey Pov, Thorn, Tony, Tyke,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2026). elephant keeper Ta Horn in Cambodia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 12 May 2026 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3353. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/100-year-old-cambodian-elephant-crushes-keeper-2076173.php

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