Chabakaew
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary elephant camp in Thailand

Biography

☨ ♂ Chabakaew

Alternative name:	Chaba Kaew

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Thailand unspecified location
Capture:	2019-08-00
Death
Dead:	†2020-12-09
Death location:	Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary elephant camp
Death reason:	disease: maybe Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary elephant camp, in Thailand

Date of arrival

2019-08-00	Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary elephant camp from Surin elephant kingdom (Ban Ta Klang elephant village)

Record history
History of updates	2023-12-12

Latest document update	2021-01-13 12:09:50
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† Chabakaew is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2020-12-09 at Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary elephant camp, in Thailand, . Official death reason described as maybe Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus?.

Origin

Chabakaew was born wild at Thailand unspecified location, captured 2019-08-00 .

Comments / pictures

2019-04-04: The baby elephant was found trapped in an abandoned cesspool in a rubber plantation in Ban None Phaisan village in Tambon Khok Kwang in Bung Kla district on April 4. It suffered injuries to its back and tummy.
Chabakaew in Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary elephant camp

Later, the condition of the baby elephant worsened so it was sent to an elephant camp in Tambon Krapho in Surin’s Tha Tume district where it was nursed by an elephant mother and regained is strength.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Chabakaew, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Phu Wua Wildlife Sanctuary elephant camp in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 5 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=8331. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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