Mae San
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp) in Laos

Biography
♀ Mae San

Identification


Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Female ♀ 47 years old
Management:Free contact
Origin
Born:* 1978 unknown
Birth place: in Hongsa District unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp), in Laos

Date of arrival

Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp)
from Hongsa District unspecified location

Record history
History of updates2020-10-25

Latest document update2020-10-18 06:25:24
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Biography


Mae San is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp), in Laos.

San arrived to the Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp) unknown date, relocated from the Hongsa District unspecified location, in Laos.


Social

San lives together with 13 other elephants at the Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp): (detailed list)

  1. 1. ♀ Mae Bong born 1967
  2. 2. ♀ Mae Bounnam
  3. 3. ♀ Mae Bounthem born 2001
  4. 4. ⚪ Mae Buakham born 1973
  5. 5. ♀ Mae Cot born >1948
  6. 6. ♀ Mae Kham born 1963
  7. 7. ♀ Kham Khoune
  8. 8. ♀ Mae Khamheuang born 1982
  9. 9. ⚪ Mae Khammang born 1980
  10. 10. ♀ Pang Khampang born 1976
  11. 11. ♀ Mae Kong Ngeun (Kongngeung)
  12. 12. ⚪ Maxi born 2013-05-23
  13. 13. ♀ Mae Uak born 1965


Origin

Mae is a prefix name, used in Burma, Laos and Thailand for female elephants, often for females who had babies. (Mae means mother)

Mae San was born unknown 1978 at Hongsa District unspecified location.


Comments / pictures

1978: Born in Hongsa district, Sayaboury Province ca 1978. Mae San worked in the logging industry throughout her young adulthood. She is blind in her right eye from an old logging injury. A chain broke and she fell down into branches and one branch lacerated her right eye.

Mahout: Mr. Pan

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Mae San, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Elephant village (Tiger trails, XL camp) in Laos. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 30 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3673. (archived at the Wayback machine)


Sources used for this article is among others:

  • Michael Roerig, Elephant village, Luang Prabang, Laos.

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