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Htoo Kin Aye
  Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)

Female, born April 1, 1981 in Myanmar (Birma)

Arrived in Emmen on June 27, 1988.

Her name means: Friendly Woman.

Htoo Kin Aye is missing the tip of her trunk and is easily to recognize.

She became a grandmother on August 7, 2005 when her oldest daughter, Mingalar Oo, gave birth to Myo Set Kaung. For the first time, three generations of elephants are living in the elephant house of Emmen. 2005 also was the year that Htoo Kin Aye gave birth to her second son; Letsongmon.

Htoo Kin Aye has six descendants:

Mingalar Oo, born March 1, 1992 (the first elephant born in Emmen) 

Ant Bwe Lay, born August 23, 1994 (moved to Pont Scorff, France) 

Ma Ya Yee, born May 2, 1999

Letsongmon, born June 6, 2005

Shwe Zin, born August 7, 2007

Einga-Tha, born March 9, 2010

Phot 26-09-2005 (copyright Gerald Postma)
 

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