Yapid
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Lok Kawi Wildlife Park (Sabah Zoo) in Malaysia

Yapid was born wild 2003 at Lahad Datu District, captured 2003 .

According to the park’s resident doctor Dr Symphorosa Sipangkui, the elephant which they named Yapid was only three months old when he was first rescued in Sandakan.

“He was handicapped, having difficulty in swallowing food. We did not expect him to live beyond five years. But he did, thanks to the care of the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and the veterinarians at the park,” she said when met at the park here today.

2018-06-29: an Adolescent elephant rescued 13 years ago from the Lahad Datu's Yapid plantation died two days ago (June 27)

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Albert Roolfs, Münster, Germany
  
• http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/06/30/elephant-that-died-wasnt-expected-to-live-past-5-years-says-park/
  
• https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/06/29/two-borneo-pygmy-elephants-die-at-lok-kawi-wildlife-park/
  
  

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