Pierre-Yves Clais

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Pierre-Yves Clais

Pierre-Yves Clais, elephant Bokva and Miss Cambodia, Saritha Reth. Photo: Dan Koehl
Profession	organisation elephant owner
Personal details
Born	1968 Ste Gemmes d’Andigné in France


Spouse(s)	Chenda Clais

Residence
Place	Phnom Penh
Country	Cambodia
Facebook	Facebook page

Locations
Title	director 2016-
Location	at Airavata Elephant Foundation in Cambodia

Title	elephant owner 2015
Location	at Airavata Elephant Foundation in Cambodia

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Biography details

Pierre-Yves Clais , organisation elephant owner in Cambodia

Clais was born * 1968 in Ste Gemmes d’Andigné France

⚭ Married to Chenda Clais born 1973 in Cambodia .

Affiliation with 5 elephants

1: Achariyek Noelle (owner from 2021 to now) 2: Bak Mai (owner from 2016 to 2020) 3: Bokva (owner from 2015 to now) 4: Ikeo (owner from 2015 to now) 5: Khamsen (owner from 2015 to now)

1968: Born in Angers, France.
1992: Arrived in Cambodia in as a U.N. paratrooper.

Pierre-Yves Clais

Pierre-Yves met his first elephant in Asia, 1992, Phnom Penh, Boulevard de Pochentong in Phnom Penh.

1999: Bought the previous governor residence in Banlung and created Terres Rouges Lodge in Banlung.
2015: Bought the female Ikeo, and the 2 males Bokva and Kamsen.
Co-founder of the Airavata Khmer Elephant Foundation in Banlung.

From left: Dan Koehl, Savath Oum, Hen Moel, Chenda Clais, Pierre-Yves Clais, 2020.

Family

Total: 1 children

Camille Clais. Born: 2007.

Pierre-Yves Clais is mentioned on 5 other person pagesChenda Clais, Dan Koehl, Hen Moel, Khem Theo, Savath Oum,

Pierre-Yves Clais is mentioned on 1 location pagesAiravata Elephant Foundation,

Pierre-Yves Clais is mentioned on 4 elephant record pagesAchariyek Noelle, Ikeo, Khamsen, Sok Yomran,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). elephant owner Pierre-Yves Clais in Cambodia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 26 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=110. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

https://www.airavata-cambodia.com/airavata/a-propos/team/

Selected publications

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