Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sambo (Sam Bo, Sombo) at Elephant Valley Project Cambodia

Location

Sambo (Sam Bo, Sombo) is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at Elephant Valley Project Cambodia, in Cambodia.

Sambo (Sam Bo, Sombo) arrived Elephant Valley Project Cambodia 2014-12-00, relocated from Sin Sorn, in Cambodia.

In Elephant Valley Project Cambodia, Sambo (Sam Bo, Sombo) lives together with 9 other elephants with records in this database: (detailed list)

1. ♀ Darling (Bong Kong)
,
2. ♀ Doe
,
3. ♀ Easy Rider
,
4. ♀ Genial (Gee Neowl)
,
5. ♂ Hen
,
6. ♀ Mae Nang (Mae Leh) born 1952
,
7. ♀ Pearl
,
8. ♀ Ruby
,
9. ♀ Said Ning Wan born 1958?
, (see detailed list).

Origin

Sambo (Sam Bo, Sombo) was born wild 1960.

Contradictory records:

According to the owner: Origin from Oral Mountains, Kampung Speau province.
Spend some years, brutalized at a Khmer Rogue camp.
During late seventies by unknown owner, Kravagn mountains, Pursat province.

Other sources state Sin Sorn bought her after the fall of Khmer Rogue, fabricated the story about Khmer Rogue, and that she is younger than he claims.

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Vanthet Song
• http://www.phnompenh.gov.kh/phnom-penh-city-wat-phnom-138.html
• http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2008/0409/p20s01-wosc.html

Internal relevant links

• More elephants from: Elephant Valley Project Cambodia
• More elephants from: Cambodia
• More elephants that was born: 1960
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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