Plai Ngam
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) in Thailand

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Plai Ngam  dead elephant
Photo © Tomo Doigami
Photo © Tomo Doigami
Alternative name: Chipati, Chapati
Identification
EEP nr9406
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 30 years old
Origin
Born:* 1994-08-19 captive-born
Birth place: in Ramat Gan Zoo
Parents: ♂ Motek x ♀ Aviva
Death
Dead: †2024-03-06
Death reason: unknown: trauma after fight?
Offspring
Total: 1 babies
1. Born 2007-03-07♂ AI
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC), in Thailand
Date of arrival
2000-01-18Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC)
from Jerusalem Zoo (Tisch family zoological gardens)
1994-08-29Jerusalem Zoo (Tisch family zoological gardens)
from Ramat Gan Zoo
Record history
History of updates2025-02-18:
Latest document update2024-03-07 11:25:27
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† Plai Ngam is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2024-03-06 at Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC), in Thailand, . Official death reason described as trauma after fight?.

Offspring

Total: 1 babies
  1. (M) 2007-03-07 AI


Origin

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Ngam was born captive-born 1994-08-19 at Ramat Gan Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Plai Ngam are: ♂ Motek (father) and ♀ Aviva (mother).

Siblings through the father Motek:

  1. 1973 -- † 1973 () noname
  2. 1976 -- † 1979 () noname
  3. 1978(M) Alexander
  4. 1982-03-08 -- † 1985-03-30 (M) Igal
  5. 1985-01-31(F) Lilly (Israela)
  6. 1987-05-15(F) Phoebe
  7. 1990 -- † 1990 (F) miscarriage
  8. 1991-01-06(F) Wered
  9. 1993-10-23 -- † 2025-01-29 (M) Victor
  10. 1993-11-16 -- † 1993-11-16 (F) miscarriage
  11. 1996-05-24(M) Teddy (Villi, Vermouth, Nat)
  12. 2000-04-09 -- † 2000-05-07 (F) Victoria
  13. 2000-05-01(F) Vivi
  14. 2002-08-18(M) Winner
  15. 2006-03-11(F) La Belle
  16. 2006-07-22 -- † 2023 (M) Pili
  17. 2013-08-02(F) Latangi
  18. 2013-10-02(F) Lalana
  19. 2020-03-18(M) Philo

Pedigree

Ngams ancestral Pedigree:
P I II III

Ngam

Sire (f):
Motek

Born: 1960

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Aviva

Born: 1971-11-30

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Comments / pictures

The bull Chapati was hand raised from birth due to his mothers rejection.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Plai Ngam, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Thai Elephant Conservation Center (TECC) in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1190. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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