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

Residence
Country	Thailand

Locations
Title	mahout -2018
Location	at Elephant Nature Park (ENP) in Thailand

Biography details

Kopa Charoenchai-olarn , Karen camp mahout in Thailand

Charoenchai-olarn was born * ? dead 2018-12-28 Elephant Nature Park (ENP), in Thailand .

Affiliation with 1 elephants

1: Hope (Yod Doi) (fatal attack)

Casualties

1 casualties

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 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.’

Kopa Charoenchai-olarn is mentioned on 1 elephant record pagesHope (Yod Doi),

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). mahout Kopa Charoenchai-olarn in Thailand. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 28 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=3325. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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