Deceased elephants at Yok Don National Park in Vietnam

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This database list 11 dead elephants

Nr	Sex Species Name Id	Status	Arrival location
1	+ ♂ EM noname (wild) < 1	Born: wild 2012 Dead:2012-12-00, unknown	2012-00-00
2	+ ⚪ EM noname (wild) < 1	Born: wild 2012 Dead:2012-03-18?, unknown	2012-00-00
3	+ ⚪ EM noname (wild) < 1	Born: wild 2016? Dead:2016-05-15, accident stucked in mud??
4	+ ⚪ EM noname (wild) < 1	Born: wild 2015? Dead:2016-01-09, accident stucked in mud??
5	+ ⚪ EM noname (wild) < 1	Born: wild 2013? Dead:2013-03-18, unknown
6	+ ⚪ EM noname (wild) < 1	Born: wild 2011 Dead:2012-04-04?, unknown body souvenir poaching?
7	+ ♂ EM noname (wild) < 1	Born: wild 2011 Dead:2011-06-06, unknown Maybe be shot, or due to disease.
8	+ ♂ EM noname (wild)	Born: wild Dead:2012-08-24, poached
9	+ ♀ EM noname (wild)	Born: wild Dead:2012-08-24, poached
10	+ ♂ EM noname (wild)	Born: wild Dead:2012-03-30?, unknown body souvenir poaching?
11	+ ⚪ EM noname (wild)	Born: wild Dead:2012-03-30?, unknown body souvenir poaching?

Source for the list of elephants deceased at Yok Don National Park

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Facts about Deceased elephants at Yok Don National Park in Vietnam, Elephant Encyclopedia, Koehl, D. (2025), available online retrieved 28 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2169 (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Latest update	Name of elephant	Source (if it is a website, the target website will open in new window)
2018-05-11	noname (wild):	• Current status of Asian elephants in Vietnam, by Cao Thi Ly, Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group) • http://www.thanhniennews.com/education-youth/decomposed-elephant-calf-found-in-central-highlands-forest-61226.html
2018-05-11	noname (wild):	• Current status of Asian elephants in Vietnam, by Cao Thi Ly, Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group) • http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/69310/dak-lak--dead-wild-elephant-found-on-the-lakeside.html
2018-05-11	noname (wild):	• Current status of Asian elephants in Vietnam, by Cao Thi Ly, Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group) • http://english.vov.vn/society/3monthold-elephant-found-dead-at-yok-don-national-park-329934.vov
2013-04-11	noname (wild):	• http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/71277/dak-lak--63-year-old-elephant-died-of-overwork.html • http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/69310/dak-lak--dead-wild-elephant-found-on-the-lakeside.html
2013-03-25	noname (wild):	• http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/69310/dak-lak--dead-wild-elephant-found-on-the-lakeside.html
2012-08-27	noname (wild):	• http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/26197/two-elephants-killed-in-yok-don-national-park.html • Current status of Asian elephants in Vietnam, by Cao Thi Ly, Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
2012-08-27	noname (wild):	• http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/environment/26197/two-elephants-killed-in-yok-don-national-park.html • Current status of Asian elephants in Vietnam, by Cao Thi Ly, Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
2012-04-09	noname (wild):	• http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/environment/20902/three-wild-elephants-die-in-one-week.html • Current status of Asian elephants in Vietnam, by Cao Thi Ly, Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
2012-04-09	noname (wild):	• http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/environment/20902/three-wild-elephants-die-in-one-week.html • Current status of Asian elephants in Vietnam, by Cao Thi Ly, Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
2012-04-09	noname (wild):	• http://english.vietnamnet.vn/en/environment/20902/three-wild-elephants-die-in-one-week.html • Current status of Asian elephants in Vietnam, by Cao Thi Ly, Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
2012-03-28	noname (wild):	• http://vnexpress.net/gl/xa-hoi/2011/03/xac-voi-chet-giua-rung-gia/ (vn)

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This database list 11 dead elephants

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