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Kopa Charoenchai-olarn

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Kopa Charoenchai-olarn
Profession camp mahout
Personal details
Ethnic group Karen
Born ?
Dead 2018-12-28 Elephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand
Country Thailand
Locations
Title mahout -2018
Location at Elephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand
Biography details

Kopa Charoenchai-olarn , Karen camp mahout in Thailand

Born ? dead 2018-12-28 in Thailand .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

Attacked by 1: Hope (Yod Doi) (fatal attack: 2018-12-28), and Kopa Charoenchai-olarn died 2018-12-28, Elephant Nature Park (ENP)

Casualties

1 casualties
  1. 2018-12-28: mahout Kopa Charoenchai-olarn fatal attack by Hope (Yod Doi). used his Trunk to grab the Mahout, and threw him against a concrete post. The bull then used his foot to Crush the Mahout many times over. Kopa Charoenchai-olarn † Kopa Charoenchai-olarn Died 2018-12-28, Elephant Nature Park (ENP). The corpse was found to be completely shattered, with the only remaining intact parts consisting of the chest, both arms, and the head. It was concluded that some parts of the body had been eaten by the elephant who was in an extreme state of insanity.’

2018-12-28: Hope killed the Mahout Kopa Charoenchai-olarn, Karen, also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Sino-Tibetan language–speaking peoples'>Karen ethnicity, aged 58. He was from Moo 5, Tambon U Kaw Luang, Khun Yuam District, Mae Hong Son Province. As for the elephant, he is a 12-year-old bull called “Hope”, and he is a ‘sidaw’ or a Tuskless bull. The elephant killed the Mahout in an enclosure. Upon enquiry, it was noted that before the incident, the deceased had gone into the enclosure to clean up. The musthing bull used his Trunk to grab the Mahout, and threw him against a concrete post. The bull then used his foot to Crush the Mahout many times over. The corpse was found to be completely shattered, with the only remaining intact parts consisting of the chest, both arms, and the head. It was concluded that some parts of the body had been eaten by the elephant who was in an extreme state of insanity.’

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). mahout Kopa Charoenchai-olarn in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 17 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3325. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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