Sabai an Asian elephant at Taronga Western Plains Zoo

♂ Sabai
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂ 5 years old
Id numberASMP Number: 78? (unconfirmed)
Management:Protected contact
Origin
Born:* 2016-11-02 captive-born
Birth place: in Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Birth weight 95.00 kgs, 209.00 lbs
Parents: ♂ Gung (Prawn) x ♀ Thong Dee
Locations
Present / last location:Taronga Western Plains Zoo, in Australia
Date of Arrival
(Presently sometimes errors!)
2016-11-02Taronga Western Plains Zoo
Document updated2016-11-04: birth
2016-11-04: ASMP nr
2016-11-26: named
2018-04-21: PC
Google map
Random literature
Description

Location

Sabai is a Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), living in Taronga Western Plains Zoo, in Australia.

Sabai arrived in Taronga Western Plains Zoo 2016-11-02,

In Taronga Western Plains Zoo, Sabai lives together with 6 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

  1. ♀ Burma (Birma) born 1959?
    2. ,
  2. ♂ Gung (Prawn) born 2000
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Kanlaya born 2018-06-14
    4. ,
  4. ♂ Pathi Harn born 2010-03-10
    5. ,
  5. ♀ Porntip born 1992
    6. ,
  6. ♀ Thong Dee born 2000
    7. , (see detailed list).

Origin

Sabai was born captive-born 2016-11-02 at Taronga Western Plains Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Sabai are: ♂ Gung (Prawn) (father) and ♀ Thong Dee (mother).

Siblings through the father Gung (Prawn):

  1. 2009-07-04(M) Luk Chai
  2. 2010-11-02 -- † 2018-09-03 (F) Tukta
  3. 2017-05-26 -- † 2020-10-13 (M) Jai Dee

Siblings through the mother Thong Dee:

  1. 2009-07-04(M) Luk Chai

Pedigree

Sabais pedigree:
P I II III

Sabai

Sire:
Gung (Prawn)

 Sire:
 Sire:
Dame:
Dame:
 Sire:
Dame:

Dame:
Thong Dee

 Sire:
 Sire:
Dame:
Dame:
 Sire:
Dame:


Comments / pictures

The calf was sired by Taronga's bull, Gung, in Sydney 22 months ago before Thong Dee moved to Dubbo with three other elephants.

2016-11-26: Belle, a self-proclaimed animal enthusiast, said she saw how much happiness the bub brought Dubbo and that was her inspiration. It’s only fitting she suggested ‘Sabai’ which means happy in Thai language. Her pitch was the overwhelming favourite.



Reference listKoehl, Dan, (2020). Sabai, an Asian at Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 24 January 2021 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=16557. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:


Links

Internal relevant links

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

    Search more on the web for Sabai


    Categories2016 births | Elephants from Taronga Western Plains Zoo | Australia | Asian elephants


    This document was updated: 2020-10-18 06:25:24


    Elephant Encyclopedia and database
    ELEPHANT
    ENCYCLOPEDIA
    Established 1995
    ELEPHANT
    DATABASE
    Established 2006
    Search for keywords
    Your ip: 3.237.205.144