Kenyir Elephant Village (KEV) in Malaysia

Kenyir Elephant Village (KEV)
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Type	camp

Owner
Size	256 hectares
Founded	2012
First elephant arrived	2014
Address	Kenyir lake,Sungai Telemong
Zip-code	21700
Place	Kuala Berang
State	Terengganu
Country	Malaysia
Website	Website
Facebook	Facebook
YouTube Channel	YouTube Channel
Telephone	+609 858 5588

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants	Maitree (born in Thailand)

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	2020-10-28

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11
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Description

Kenyir Elephant Village (KEV), located at Kenyir lake,Sungai Telemong, in Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia , was founded in 2012 and the first elephant arrived in 2014.

Living elephants

At the Kenyir Elephant Village (KEV) lives 13 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Abby
♂ Abong
♂ Badol
♂ Che Long
♂ Detox
♀ Dusun
♀ Gawi
♀ Jambu
♀ Ketiar
♀ Limau
♀ Puteri
♀ Teh
♂ Tenang

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Kenyir Elephant Village (KEV), is a state government project in the Kenyir Lake tourism area aimed at drawing more tourists to Terengganu. State Economic Planning Unit Kenyir Lake Development Division manager Tengku Mohd Ariffin Tengku Abdul Rahman said the project, which began in 2012 on a 256-hectare site, would have 30 elephants when fully completed.
Source: Seven elephants stationed at Kenyir Elephant Village to draw tourists

2014-02: 7 elephants, sourced from the Wildlife & National Parks Dept., have been placed at Kenyir Elephant Village in order to attract tourists to Terengganu.

References for records about Kenyir Elephant Village (KEV)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2024). Kenyir Elephant Village (KEV), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2596. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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