Luk Chai
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Melbourne Zoo in Australia

♂ Luk Chai

Identification

ASMP nr	69

Description

Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Male ♂ 14 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 2009-07-04 captive-born , number 1
Birth place:	in Sydney Zoo
Birth weight	96.00 kgs, 211.20 lbs

Parents:	♂ Gung (Prawn) x ♀ Thong Dee
Offspring
Total: 3 babies

1. Born 2022-11-16	♀ Aiyara

2. Born 2022-11-25	♂ Roi-Yim

3. Born 2023-01-01	♀ Kati
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Melbourne Zoo, in Australia

Date of arrival

2020-12-03	Melbourne Zoo from Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo

2015-04-30	Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo from Sydney Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2009-07-27: name 2010-11-30: nr 2016-01-04: transfer 2018-04-21: PC 2020-12-03: transfer to Melbourne

Latest document update	2020-12-03 19:42:08
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Biography

Location

Luk Chai is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Melbourne Zoo, in Australia.

Luk Chai arrived in 2020-12-03 to the Melbourne Zoo, relocated from the Taronga Dubbo Western Plains Zoo, in Australia.

Luk Chai lives together with 8 other elephants at the Melbourne Zoo:

detailed list with arrival dates etc.

Luk Chai was born captive-born as birth number 1 2009-07-04 at Sydney Zoo.

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

Reference list

Koehl, Dan, (2021). Luk Chai, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Melbourne Zoo in Australia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 22 September 2023 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=4747. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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