Elephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand


Elephant Nature Park (ENP)


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Owner 2003-: Saengduean Lek Chailert
Founded2003
First elephant arrived2003
Address Kuet Chang, 1 Ratmakka Rd, Phrasing
Zip-code 50150
Place Chiang Mai
District Mae Taeng District
Province Chiang Mai Province
Country Thailand
Website Website
Telephone+6653272855
Directors
Key People: Apple Salangam (guide)
Veterinarians
Elephant department
Head keepers
of elephants
Elephant keepers 2010-2010: Tony Verhulst (apprentice keeper)
-2018: Kopa Charoenchai-olarn (mahout)
Record history
History of updates2024-11-03: text and source added
Latest document update2025-01-27 08:44:57
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Description

Elephant Nature Park (ENP), located at Kuet Chang, 1 Ratmakka Rd, Phrasing, in Chiang Mai, Thailand , was founded in 2003 and the first elephant arrived in 2003.

Living elephants

At the Elephant Nature Park (ENP) lives 76 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)
  1. ♀ Archan
  2. ♀ Bai Toey born 2015
  3. ♀ BoonRuam born 1975?
  4. ♀ Mae Bua Tong born 1970?
  5. ♀ Chabaa Geaw born 2007
  6. ♂ Chang Yim born 2009-07-12
  7. ♀ Chu Jai born 1978
  8. ♀ Dao Tong born ~1975
  9. ♀ Di Por born 1966
  10. ♀ Dok Mai born 2013-04-06
  11. ♀ Dok Ngern (Riew Roi) born 1999
  12. ♀ Dok Rak born 2016-04-26
  13. ♀ Duj Doa
  14. ♀ Faa Mai born 2009-04-17
  15. ♀ FeungFah
  16. ♀ Mae Geao
  17. ♂ Gluay Hom
  18. ♀ Good
  19. ♀ HomNuan
  20. ♀ Hong Fah born 2004?
  21. ♂ Hope (Yod Doi) born 2000-08-00
  22. ♀ Jaem Sai
  23. ♀ Jaidee
  24. ♀ Jenny
  25. ♀ Jokia
  26. ♀ Kamu born 1980?
  27. ♀ Kanjana born 1970
  28. ♀ Kham Boon born ~1990
  29. ♀ Kham La born 2011
  30. ♀ Mae Kham Moon
  31. ♀ Mae Kham Paan
  32. ♀ Mae Kham Puan born 1965?
  33. ♀ Mae Kham Sai born 1970?
  34. ♀ Khun Yai (Kunyai)
  35. ♀ Mae Koy
  36. ♀ Mae Lanna (Mae Loei) born 1980-04-00
  37. ♀ Lucky
  38. ♀ Pang Ma Ae (Pornsawan) born 1993
  39. ♀ Ma Dee (Pachuli)
  40. ♀ Mae Mai born 1990
  41. ♀ Mai Tai
  42. ♀ Malai Thong born 1980-1989?
  43. ♀ Maliwan
  44. ♀ Medo born 1980
  45. ♀ Mee Boon
  46. ♀ Mho Loh
  47. ♀ Mintra born 1992-1996?
  48. ♀ Mo Dee
  49. ♀ MungMee
  50. ♂ Navann (Navaan) born 2012-10-28
  51. ♀ Pikun
  52. ♀ Pookie
  53. ♀ PumSap
  54. ♀ Pyi Mai born 2020?
  55. ♀ RamRoi
  56. ♀ Rattana Kham
  57. ♀ Mae Sai Ngern
  58. ♀ Sai Rung
  59. ♀ San Mueng
  60. ♀ Mae Sao Yai (Sau Yai) born 1984
  61. ♀ Saree born ~2006
  62. ♀ Som Jai born ~1990
  63. ♀ Mae Sook Sai
  64. ♀ Sri Nuan
  65. ♀ Sri Prae born 1981
  66. ♀ Sumanee
  67. ♀ Tad Dao (Taa Dao) born 1985?
  68. ♀ Taeng Mo born 1995
  69. ♀ Thong Ae (Thong Ei)
  70. ♀ Thong Kham
  71. ♀ Thong Poon
  72. ♀ Tilly born 1975?
  73. ♀ Tong Jaan born 2005-02-14
  74. ♂ Tong Suk (Jungle Boy) born 2001-11-15
  75. ♀ Wan Mai born 2020-05-02
  76. ♂ Yin Dee born 2013-08-24

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 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.’

Comments / picturesElephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand Thailand


The camp, established in May 2003, is set in Mae Taeng valley, Chiang Mai province, some 60km from the city Chiang Mai.

Elephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand Thailand
Founded in 1996 by Sangduen öLekö Chailert, who was named Asian Hero of the Year by Time magazine in 2005.

As the floods recede in Chiang Mai, a tragedy involving two elephants from the Elephant Nature Park of the Save Elephant Foundation in Mae Taeng district has sparked a heated debate among elephant lovers, particularly over the evacuation of more than one hundred elephants and thousands of other animals.

Pang Fah Sai, aged 16, and Pang Ploy Tong, aged 40, were swept away by flash floods on October 3. Their bodies were found drowned 5 km from the Elephant Nature Park on October 5.

Kanchana Silpa-archa, advisor to the Thai environment ministry, stands by the Asian elephant Sak Surin gifted by the Thai Royal family at the national zoological garden in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Kanchana pointed out that other camps had been warned about the flash floods and had moved their elephants to safety since late September. They heeded the warnings and had their mahouts evacuate the elephants. However, the Elephant Nature Park continued to receive tourists until October 4 and only canceled activities when the situation had already become critical.

She also pointed out that video clips and pictures show elephants wading through the floodwaters alone, including a blind elephant, suggesting that the park did not have specialized mahouts for each elephant. Instead, general mahouts oversaw the entire area, making it impossible to respond in time. Caring for the elephants requires control, especially in emergencies, but it must abide by the law and avoid cruelty.

on the morning of October 9, Saengduean posted a message announcing to Ms. Kanjana to come and take the two male elephants, Khun Dech and Dok Kaeo, that were previously left at her Elephant Nature Park to live elsewhere, which she thought was ” appropriate.






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Koehl, Dan (2025). Elephant Nature Park (ENP), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=174. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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