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Lucky — Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) | mahoot

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Lucky

Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC) · Cambodia

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An elephant named Lucky, 12, entertains visitors during a show at a wildlife rescue center of Phnom Tamao Zoo.<br />
(AP Photo/Heng Sinith) News.yahoo.com

Record completeness

10 of 15 key fields populated

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Life history

Born: 1998
Birth place: in Koh Kong Province
Death reason: disease:
Age (est.): ~27 years
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 1998-00-00

At this facility

Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC)

Cambodia · Zoo

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Transfer history

1998-00-00
Phnom Tamao Zoo and Wildlife Rescue Center (PTWRC)
from Koh Kong Province

Sources

Gavin Bourchier, Sept 2000
http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ad031e/ad031e0c.htm#TopOfPage
https://www.wildlifealliance.org/one-lucky-elephant/
https://kiripost.com/stories/phnom-tamaos-beloved-elephant-lucky-dies-from-sudden-illness

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

Data from elephant.se (Dan A. J. Koehl), CC BY 4.0. Reformatted for search.