Ma Ya Yee
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen in Netherlands

Biography

♀ Ma Ya Yee
Ma Ya Yee. Emmen Zoo 2008. Photo: © Petra Prager

Identification

EEP nr	9903

Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀ 26 years old
Management:	Protected contact
Origin
Born:	* 1999-05-02 captive-born
Birth place:	in Emmen Zoo

Parents:	♂ Naing Thein x ♀ Htoo Kin Aye
Offspring
Total: 4 babies

1. Born 2009-05-23	♂ Ein She Min EEP id: 200907

2. Born 2014-07-20	♂ Ravi EEP id: 201408

3. Born 2018-06-26	♂ Manoa EEP id: 201809? (EEP nr N/A)

4. Born 2020-07-16 (dead † 2020-07-16)	♀ stillborn EEP id: 202011? (EEP nr N/A)
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen, in Netherlands

Date of arrival

2015-00-00	Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen from Emmen Zoo

Record history
History of updates	2009-03-25: Image 2009-03-30: Text 2009-05-23: not pregnant = mother 2018-03-02: pregnant with Mekong 2018-06-29: not pregnant = mother 2020-06-19: pregnant 2020-07-16: not pregnant, stillbirth

Latest document update	2023-08-29 17:32:52
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Biography

Ma Ya Yee is a living Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) , located at the Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen, in Netherlands.

Ma Ya Yee arrived in 2015-00-00 to the Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen, relocated from the Emmen Zoo, in Netherlands.

Social

Ma Ya Yee lives together with 5 other elephants at the Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen: (detailed list)

♂ Khin Yadanar Min born 2009-07-27
♂ Manoa born 2018-06-26
♂ Mauk born 2018-04-02
♀ Mingalar Oo born 1992-03-01
♀ Shwe Zin born 2007-08-08

Offspring

Total: 4 babies

(M) 2009-05-23 Ein She Min EEP id: 200907
(M) 2014-07-20 Ravi EEP id: 201408
(M) 2018-06-26 Manoa EEP id: 201809? (EEP nr N/A)
(F) 2020-07-16 -- † 2020-07-16 stillborn EEP id: 202011? (EEP nr N/A)

Origin

Ma Ya Yee was born captive-born 1999-05-02 at Emmen Zoo.

Parentage

Parents of Ma Ya Yee are: ♂ Naing Thein (father) and ♀ Htoo Kin Aye (mother).

Siblings through the father Naing Thein:

1992-03-01(F) Mingalar Oo
1992-06-01 -- † 1993-07-01 (M) Bo Gyi
1994-05-29 -- † 1994-05-30 (M) Kan Yome
1994-08-23 -- † 2021-09-00 (M) Ant Bwe Lay
1997-11-09(M) Aung Naing
1997-12-23 -- † 2017-04-00 (M) Tsje Pyan
1998-02-08(M) Maung Htoo
1998-03-08(F) Ma Palai
1998-07-09 -- † 1998-07-09 (M) Unnamed
2001-07-16(M) Aung Bo
2002-03-04 -- † 2017-04-00 (M) Aung Si
2002-05-27 -- † 2017-04-00 (M) Kan Kaung
2002-09-05 -- † 2017-04-00 (M) Than Myan
2005-06-06(M) Letsongmon
2012-04-09 -- † 2012-04-09 (M) noname
2012-04-20 -- † 2012-04-20 (F) stillborn
2015-03-25 -- † 2015-03-31 (F) Russelchen
2018-03-00 -- † 2018-03-00 (unknown) aborted
2019-01-25 -- † 2019-09-30 (M) Ben Long

Siblings through the mother Htoo Kin Aye:

1992-03-01(F) Mingalar Oo
1994-08-23 - † 2021-09-00 (M) Ant Bwe Lay
2005-06-06(M) Letsongmon
2007-08-08(F) Shwe Zin
2010-03-09(M) Einga-Tha
2012-05-22 - † 2012-06-11 (M) Thura

Pedigree

**Ma Ya Yees ancestral Pedigree:**
P	I	II	III
Ma Ya Yee	Sire (f): Naing Thein Born: 1980-09-26	Sire ff: Born:	Sire fff:
		Sire ff: Born:	Dame ffm:
		Dame fm: Born:	Sire fmf:
		Dame fm: Born:	Dame fmm:
	Dame m: Htoo Kin Aye Born: 1981-04-01	Sire mf: Born:	Sire mff:
		Sire mf: Born:	Dame mfm:
		Dame mm: Born:	Sire mmf:
		Dame mm: Born:	Dame mmm:

Comments / pictures

Records about Ma Ya Yee from EEPEuropean Studbook for Asian elephants state following records for the asian elephant Ma Ya Yee:

9903 F 2 May 1999 8007 8102 EMMEN 2 May 1999 270021 Birth MA YAY YEE

Source: EEP studbook for Asian elephants online

Emmen Zoo has confirmed: Ma Yay Yee is pregnant, and the baby is expected ...? Emmen don't do tests so they can't tell, but a caregiver told me a month ago that he thinks she will deliver in May this year.
Ma Yay Yee is the 10 years old daughter of bull Naing Thein (now in Prague) and Htoo Kin Aye who already is granmother of Myo Set Kaung and Yoe Ma. Hopely this time it will be a baby girl.
Father of the expected baby is of course Radza. He has 4.3 descendants, so the next one might be a girl indeed.
Pregnant Elephants in the Netherlands, The Elephant Commentator, 2009-03-29

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Ma Ya Yee, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Wildlands Adventure Zoo Emmen in Netherlands. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 21 April 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=754. (archived at the Wayback machine)