Swee Lee King
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre in Malaysia

Biography

☨ ♀ Swee Lee King

Identification

Local id Number	38

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀, unknown age
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†
Death reason:	accident: a freak storm caused a tree to crush three elephants
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre, in Malaysia

Date of arrival

1997-00-00	Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre
Record history
History of updates	2023-09-11

Latest document update	2020-10-18 06:25:24

† Swee Lee King is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died at Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre, in Malaysia, . Official death reason described as a freak storm caused a tree to crush three elephants.

Origin

Swee Lee King was born wild .

Comments / pictures

She was used in the movie "Anna and the King".

Died on May 31st 2001 when a freak storm caused a tree to crushed three elephants.

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Swee Lee King, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre in Malaysia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3284. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Litterature about Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Education Centre

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