Mae Bounthem is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp), in Laos.
Bounthem arrived in 2012-00-00 to the Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp), relocated from the Laos unspecified location, in Laos.
Bounthem lives together with 13 other elephants at the Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp):
Mae is a prefix name, used in Burma, Laos and Thailand for female elephants, often for females who had babies. (Mae means mother)
Mae Bounthem was born captive-born 2001.
2001: Born in Sayaboury town, Sayaboury province, in 2001. Her Mahout is called Mr. Vail (born 1976), who is also the rightful owner. Mr. Vail has been the Mahout of Mae Bounthem’s mother before; after the mother was sold to another camp he became the Mahout of Mae Bounthem. The elephant has actually never worked in the logging; however she has received training for dancing and other circus performances from a Chinese trainer before. 2012: She was to be send to a Chinese Circus, however it luckily never worked out and she arrived at Elephant Village in 2012.
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