Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Male, born May 27, 2002 in Emmen.

His name means: Third son

Father: Naing Thein, mother: Yu Zin.

Kan Kaung is the third son of Yu Zin, after Bo Gyi and Aung Naing Lwin. But he never saw his brothers: Bo Gyi died at the age of one and Aung Naing moved to Kharkiv Zoo in 1997.

Finally Kan Kaung also moved to another zoo: Dierenrijk. He was transported on July 10, 2008, one day after his halfbrother Than Myan. In Dierenrijk they met Sibu from Rotterdam Zoo, and became friends.