Swe San Thay
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Emmen Zoo in Netherlands

1. (M) 1998-02-08 Maung Htoo EEP id: 9805
2. (M) 2006-05-23 -- † 2017-04-00 Unt Bwe EEP id: 200607
3. () 2008-03-07 -- † 2008-03-07 miscarriage EEP id: 200804
4. (M) 2010-02-17 -- † 2010-02-17 noname EEP id: 201001

Swe San Thay was born captive-born 1979-11-28 at Yangon Zoo (Rangoon Zoo). and imported 1988 by E.A.G. van den Brink, By boat from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam

In June 1988, the Emmen Zoo imported seven Asian elephants from Burma. These seven would form the Heart of the Herd to later birth many calves.

In February 2010, keepers found Swe San Thay dead in the barn during morning inspections. No apparent cause of death of found preceding Necropsy.

Swe San Thay means "golden abundance" in Burmese.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• Ryan Easley, USA
• Elephants and Egotists by Patricia Sumerling
• "Olifant Swe San Thay overleden," Elephant-News.com, 2010-02-18

Recommended Litterature:

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• List of all recorded elephants in: European studbook for Asian elephants
• More elephants from: Emmen Zoo
• More elephants from: Netherlands
• More elephants that was born: 1979-11-28
• More elephants that was imported: 1988
• More elephants that died: 2010-02-17
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• The elephant database startpage. Statistics
• List of all captive born elephants in the database

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