Siam Safari Khao Sok in Thailand

Siam Safari Khao Sok
Type	camp

Owner
Total nrs
Place	Surat Thani
Country	Thailand
Website	Website

Directors

Key People

Veterinarians

Elephant department

Head keepers of elephants

Elephant keepers
Record history
History of updates	0000-00-00

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Siam Safari Khao Sok, in Surat Thani, Thailand .

Living elephants

At the Siam Safari Khao Sok lives 3 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

♂ Bookburg
♂ Buki
♀ Noi

Casualties

5 casualties

2011-02-22: visitor unknown Swiss woman fatal attack by Bookburg. The pachyderm Bookburg attacked another elephant Buki during a tourist ride, and Bookburg later stomped to death a Swiss woman in her 60s who had the misfortune of being put on its back. She was mother of three surviving children in Switzerland. † unknown Swiss woman Died 2011-02-22
2011-02-22: visitor Christine Colomb accident by Buki. Colomb fell off the elephant Buki after the elephant attacked by the elephant Bookburg. Mrs Colomb’s wounds were sustained when large tree branches hit her torso as the elephant fled in fear and were not deliberately inflicted by the animal. Christine Colomb Survived. Mrs Colomb suffered a broken rib and other injuries. Transported to Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket City, where she was in intensive care (ICU) after the incident. Connected to several tubes to assist her breathing and help treat a punctured lung, the 45-year-old had to stay longer time in hospita
2011-02-22: visitor Michel Colomb accident by Buki. Michel Colomb, 71, suffered minor injuries when he and his wife Christine Colomb fell of the elephant Buki, after the elephant Bookburg attacked the elephant Buki he was riding. Michel Colomb Survived. Transported to Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket City, where he was released from the hospital after treatment for injuries including lacerations to the head, while his wife Christine Colomb had to remain longer time at the hospital, where she was in intensive care (ICU) after the incident.
2011-02-22: visitor Helen Gothe accident by Buki. Mrs Gothe suffered 12 fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and other injuries, when she fell of Buki, after the elephant Bookburg attacked the elephant she was riding. Helen Gothe Survived. Transported to Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket City, from where she was released after two days. Mrs Gothe and her husband Sean Gothe, who sustained only minor injuries, returned to their native Australia on March 1.
2011-02-22: visitor Sean Gothe accident by Buki. Mr Gothe suffered minor injuries, when he fell of Buki, after the elephant Bookburg attacked the elephant Buki, he was riding. Sean Gothe Survived. Transported to Bangkok Hospital Phuket in Phuket City, from where he was released the same day. Mr Gothe and his wife Helene Gothe, who sustained 12 fractured ribs, a punctured lung, and other injuries, returned to their native Australia on March 1.

References for records about Siam Safari Khao Sok

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2025). Siam Safari Khao Sok, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1965. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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