Zuki
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Journey to Freedom project (Sangduen Chailert) in Thailand

Biography

☨ ♂ Zuki
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Alternative name:	Nong Sam

Identification


Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 4 years old
Origin
Born:	* 2014-03-03 captive-born
Birth place:	in Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp

Parents:	♂ x ♀ Bua Jan (Bua Jaan)
Death
Dead:	†2018-01-29
Death reason:	unknown: suspicion: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Journey to Freedom project (Sangduen Chailert), in Thailand

Date of arrival

	Journey to Freedom project (Sangduen Chailert) from Khun Pai Tun

	Khun Pai Tun from Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp

2014-03-03	Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp from unknown

Record history
History of updates	2018-06-13

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Zuki is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2018-01-29 at Journey to Freedom project (Sangduen Chailert), in Thailand, . Official death reason described as suspicion: Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus?.

Origin

Zuki was born captive-born 2014-03-03 at Anantara Golden Triangles Elephant Camp.

Parentage

Parents of Zuki are: ♂ (father) and ♀ Bua Jan (Bua Jaan) (mother).

Siblings through the mother Bua Jan (Bua Jaan):

1985(M) Boon Me (Boon Mi)
1995 - † 2015? (M) Somjai
2002(M) Somboon
2009-11-00(M) Erawan

Pedigree

**Zukis ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Zuki	Sire (f): Born:	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Bua Jan (Bua Jaan) Born: 1988	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

We sent an autopsy team to see what can be discovered about cause of death. It is heart-breaking to share this. We will update you as soon as possible.

-But no autopsy report can be found on ENPs website...

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Zuki, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Journey to Freedom project (Sangduen Chailert) in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 January 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=11040. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.elephantnaturepark.org/deep-sadness-lek-chailert-zuki-passed-away-today/

Links

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More elephants from: Journey to Freedom project (Sangduen Chailert)
More elephants from: Thailand
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More elephants that died: 2018-01-29
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List of all captive born elephants in the database

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