Kulen Elephant Forest in Cambodia

Kulen Elephant Forest
Sanctuary owner David Piot and french photographer Philippe Alexandre Chevallier with the Kulen elephants browsing in the the Kulen forest
Sanctuary owner David Piot and french photographer Philippe Alexandre Chevallier with the Kulen elephants browsing in the the Kulen forest
Typesanctuary
OwnerOlivier Piot
David Piot
Size1100 acres
Founded2017
First elephant arrived2019
Opened for public2019
AddressBos Thom Community Forest
PlaceSiem Reap
ProvinceSiem Reap Province
CountryCambodia
Websitehttps://kulenforest.asia/
Facebookhttps://www.facebook.com/KulenEles/
Telephone+85586444602
DirectorsOan Kiry (Pou Ry)
VeterinariansDr. Ronnachit Rungsri, Thailand
Head keepers
of elephants		Leanne Wallace, Sanctuary Manager
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Description

Kulen Elephant Forest, located at Bos Thom Community Forest, in Siem Reap, in Cambodia, was founded in 2017, opened for public in 2019 and the first elephant arrived in 2019.

At Kulen Elephant Forest lives 13 elephants with records in this database: (detail list)

  1. ♀ Chi Chlorb
    2. ,
  2. ♀ Chi Min
    3. ,
  3. ♀ Chi Ole
    4. ,
  4. ♀ Chi Tan
    5. ,
  5. ♀ Chi Tem
    6. ,
  6. ♀ Chi Tone born 1966
    7. ,
  7. ♀ Chi Youl
    8. ,
  8. ♀ Gom Phoy born 1961
    9. ,
  9. ♀ I Plock
    10. ,
  10. ♀ I Tok
    11. ,
  11. ♂ Kham Sung born 1985
    12. ,
  12. ♀ Savath
    13. ,
  13. ♂ Tong Kham born 1963
    14. ,


Comments / pictures

The sanctuary was setup in 2019 foothills of Kulen Mountain, in the Bos Thom Community Forest, to receive the elephants from Angkor, after it was decided to stop with riding operations at the Ankor Wat and nearby temples.




References for records about Kulen Elephant Forest

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2020). Kulen Elephant Forest, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2975. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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Kulen Elephant Forest on elephant-news.com

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