Plai Thang (wild)
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Rayong province in Thailand

♂ Plai Thang (wild)
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Identification
Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Subspecies:	Elephas maximus indicus
Sex and age:	Male ♂
Management:	Wild elephant
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:	in Thailand unspecified location
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Rayong province, in Thailand
Date of arrival
	Rayong province from TECC elephant hospital Lampang
2009-00-00	TECC elephant hospital Lampang from Rayong province
Record history
History of updates	2020-11-13
Latest document update	2021-03-23 12:25:18
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Biography

Plai Thang (wild) is a living Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Rayong province, in Thailand.

Thang (wild) arrived to the Rayong province unknown date, relocated from the TECC elephant hospital Lampang, in Thailand.

Plai is a prefix name, orginally a Mon word, meaning youthful male or a strong man, today used in Thailand for male elephants with tusks.

Plai Thang (wild) was born wild at Thailand unspecified location.

2009: The elephant was found struggling through forests in Rayong, eastern Thailand, and was suffering from the deadly trypanosomiasis, a parasitic condition also known as sleeping sickness, and other diseases, as the weak animal was transferred to the Forest Industry Organization area. In Lampang province, to be treated by employees of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation, as he was released after several months after his recovery.

References

Sources used for this article is among others:

• https://pledgetimes.com/in-pictures-after-12-years-an-elephant-was-reunited-with-his-doctor/

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• More elephants from: Rayong province
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