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Name: Phumpuang

Sex: Female

Born: 1983

Origin

Phumphuang was donated to the Thai Elephant Conservation Center by Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand.

Nature

Phumphuang is very docile and friendly with humans, but she hates dogs.

Special Story

Phumphuang has an unusual number of toes on her feet – 17 in all. Front right there are 5 toes, front left there are four and there are four each on her back legs. She has a perfect temperament for breeding and on 6 May 2004 she gave birth to a female baby named Aleena. Mother and baby will be together for three years from birth while Aleena is being weened, after which Phumphuang will return to painting again. We wish mother and daughter well and look forward to her return. By the way, Aleena’s best friend is Big, a scraggy dog that lives at the Center. Phumphuang’s mahout made a clever ploy of introducing Aleena to the young Big soon after she was born and so they naturally became friends. This way, he hopes that Phumphuang will stop her hatred of dogs.

Mahout

Phumphuang’s mahout is 31 year old Sawang Kamwang, who was born in Lampang September 1974 and started working as a mahout at the age of 23. Sawaeng is married to Niyom and they have two daughters.

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