Plai Sompong
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Na Jomtien Elephant Camp in Thailand

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Plai Sompong  dead elephant

Identification


Description

Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Origin
Born:* <1950
Birth place:
Death
Dead: 2013-04-18
Death reason: killed: by Plai Noi
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Na Jomtien Elephant Camp, in Thailand

Date of arrival

Na Jomtien Elephant Camp
Record history
History of updates2022-10-02

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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† Plai Sompong is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2013-04-18 at Na Jomtien Elephant Camp, in Thailand, . Official death reason described as by Plai Noi.

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 Sompong was born <1950.


Comments / pictures

2013-04-18: Died after tusk wounds inflicted from Plai Noi. Claimed to be 69 years.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2024). Plai Sompong, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Na Jomtien Elephant Camp in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 25 November 2024 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=13374. (archived at the Wayback machine)


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Categories2013 deaths | <195 births | Elephants from Na Jomtien Elephant Camp | Thailand | Asian elephants


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