Deceased elephants at Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) in Cambodia


This database list 4 dead elephants

Nr Sex Species Name Id Status Arrival locationImport
1+ ♂ EM Sambo 50Born: unknown 1961 Dead:2011-02-16, anesthesia After the last sedation he did not recover2010-12-25 Elephant Valley Project Cambodia
2+ ⚪ EM Seima 3Born: wild 2001 Dead:2004-05-06 (2 years after arrival), disease Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus2002-00-00
3+ ♀ EM Srey Pov 48Born: wild 1965 Dead:2013-05-12 (12 years after arrival), age 2001-00-00 Wildaid Cambodia (Military camp)
4+ ♂ EM Chocky 48Born: Dead:2001-04-05, disease infection from injury Mondulkiri province unspecified location

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC)

Reference list

Facts about Deceased elephants at Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) in Cambodia, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 1 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=134 (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this list:

Latest updateName of elephantSource (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-09-10 Sambo:• Jack Highwood, Mondulkiri, Cambodia.
2013-05-25 Srey Pov:• http://www.wildlifealliance.org/page/view/387/rescued-elephant-srey-pao-dies-of-old-age
•  http://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/100-year-old-Cambodian-elephant-crushes-keeper-2076173.php
•  Gavin Bourchier, Perth Zoo
•  Nick Marx, Phnom Tamao
2011-12-25 Chocky:• Gavin Bourchier
•  http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ad031e/ad031e0c.htm#TopOfPage
2011-10-01 Seima:• http://www.idausa.org/news/currentnews/pdfs/EEHV_FACT_SHEET_BASICS.pdf
•  Reid, et al., Veterinary Quarterly 2006; 28(2), p. 63, under Case report/Disease History


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