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Awang Uban (wild) — Taman Negara National Park | mahoot

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LivingIndian elephantCamp

Awang Uban (wild)

Taman Negara National Park · Malaysia

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Kelantan Perhilitan personnel leading Awang Uban, Rambai and Abot away.

Record completeness

12 of 15 key fields populated

80%

Life history

Born: 2020-10-18
Birth place: in Lata Rek Forest Reserve
Origin: Wild-caught
Arrived: 2020-10-17
Management: Wild elephant

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Taman Negara National Park

Malaysia · Camp

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Transfer history

2020-10-17
Taman Negara National Park
from Lata Rek Forest Reserve

Sources

Current status of elephants in Peninsular Malaysia, by Saaban et al. (2011), Gajah nr 35, 2012. (Journal of the IUCN/SSC Asian Elephant Specialist Group)
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:MiBPcGitmKEJ:https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/10/19/wild-jumbo-relocated-to-taman-negara+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=kh

Original record on elephant.se Back to database

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