Plai Sak
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

† Plai Sak is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2022-08-26 at Copenhagen Zoo, in Denmark, . Official death reason described as Elephant endotheliotropic herpes virus.

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 Sak was born captive-born 2017-05-17 at Copenhagen Zoo.

Parentage

Siblings through the father Chieng Mai:

1. 1970-09-18 -- † 2023-09-25 (F) Irma
2. 1975-12-15(F) Schottzie
3. 1980-03-31 -- † 1984-09-08 (F) Maia
4. 1981-11-10 -- † 2020-07-24 (M) Chang
5. 1983-03-18 -- † 1990-09-07 (M) Haakon
6. 1986-01-22 -- † 2003-09-21 (F) Coco
7. 1991-10-28 -- † 1991-10-28 (F) noname
8. 1996-03-15 -- † 2006-02-09 (M) Santosh
9. 1997-02-17 -- † 1997-06-19 (M) Hannibal
10. 2001-12-02 -- † 2003-10-06 (M) Punjab
11. 2006-03-20(M) Gandhi
12. 2013-02-25 -- † 2014-11-24 (M) Khao Sok
13. 2013-08-26 -- † 2013-08-26 (F) stillborn
14. 2015-09-04 -- † 2015-09-04 (M) stillborn

Siblings through the mother Kungrao:

1. 2013-02-25 - † 2014-11-24 (M) Khao Sok

Pedigree

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Zoologisk Have Facebook, Copenhagen Zoo

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