Chieng Mai
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Copenhagen Zoo in Denmark

1. (F) 1970-09-18 -- † 2023-09-25 Irma EEP id: 7008 SSP id: 754
2. (F) 1975-12-15 Schottzie EEP id: 7505 SSP id: 79
3. (F) 1980-03-31 -- † 1984-09-08 Maia EEP id: 8003
4. (M) 1981-11-10 -- † 2020-07-24 Chang EEP id: 8112
5. (M) 1983-03-18 -- † 1990-09-07 Haakon EEP id: 8308
6. (F) 1986-01-22 -- † 2003-09-21 Coco EEP id: 8603
7. (F) 1991-10-28 -- † 1991-10-28 noname EEP id: 9101
8. (M) 1996-03-15 -- † 2006-02-09 Santosh EEP id: 9601
9. (M) 1997-02-17 -- † 1997-06-19 Hannibal
10. (M) 2001-12-02 -- † 2003-10-06 Punjab
11. (M) 2006-03-20 Gandhi EEP id: 200605
12. (M) 2013-02-25 -- † 2014-11-24 Khao Sok EEP id: 201304
13. (F) 2013-08-26 -- † 2013-08-26 stillborn EEP id: 201312
14. (M) 2015-09-04 -- † 2015-09-04 stillborn EEP id: 201500
15. (M) 2017-05-17 -- † 2022-08-26 Plai Sak EEP id: 201712?

Chieng Mai was born wild 1959 at Thailand unspecified location. and imported 1962, by ship M/S Sinaloa

During a state visit to Thailand in 1962, King Frederik IX and Queen Ingrid were presented with the two elephants Chieng Mai and Buag Hah. Shipped from Thailand to Denmark with the ship M/S Sinaloa.

The late Danish king Frederik IX wrote a handwritten letter the 29th of January 1962 to the chairman of the board of the Copenhagen Zoo, Dr. Böje Benzon, with the following content:

Dr Böje Benzon
As You know, I was honored with the gift of three elephant babies in Thailand; when the first arrives i dont know, but I would like to ask You if I may deponate them in Zoologisk Have. The youngest and last one is only seven months old, so I doubt that he comes within the nest two years. The other two, I believe, comes within two months.
With best greetings to Your wife,
Yours sincerely
Frederik


Coco was nine when she was bred by her father Chieng Mai, resulting in the birth of Hannibal.

Chieng Mai has an American SSP number because of his daughter Schottzie, sold to the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio in December 1978 at the age of three. He is not listed in the studbook.

2008-03-12: Chiang Mai were transfered to the newbuilt facility.

2017: euthanised due the several age related problems

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ryan Easley, USA
• 2008-03-12: Film: Chiang Mai transfered to the newbuilt elephant house
  
• Elefanten-wiki on elefanten.wikia.com http://elefanten.wikia.com/wiki/Chieng_Mai (Google Translated version)

Recommended Litterature:

Relevant links

Internal relevant links

• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Copenhagen Zoo
• More elephants from: Denmark
• More elephants that was born: 1959
• More elephants that was imported: 1962
• More elephants that died: 2017-06-28
• All breeding cows
• All breeding bulls
• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

External relevant links (Opens in new window)

• Chieng Mai at Elewiki, a wiki collaboration on elefanten.wikia.com (In german) HTTP code: 301 it is valid
• Link to translated version with Google Translate

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