Y Prung Eban (Ama Kong) elephants in Vietnam

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Y Prung Eban (Ama Kong)
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Type	private
Address	Buon Don village
Place	Krong Ana commune
Region	Buon Don district, Dak Lak
Country	Vietnam
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Record history
History of updates	2012-11-05xx

Latest document update	2020-10-30 07:03:11

Description

Y Prung Eban (Ama Kong) elephants, located at Buon Don village, in Krong Ana commune, Vietnam .

Comments / picturesY Prung Eban, Laotian name Kham Proong, or Ama Kong, after he was named after his son Kong, was named "the modern elephant king," participated in nearly 300 Hunting elephants.

1909-1917: Ama Kông, whose Vietnamese real name is Y Prong Eban, was born in 1909 in a M-Nong family as his family members say or in 1917 as shown by his identity card in Don Village.

1996: Ama Kongs last elephant hunt.

2012-11-03: Ama Kông, who spent his whole life Hunting and taming a total of 298 wild elephants, died at 104 years old (or 96 years old) on November 3 in central Vietnam.

References for records about Y Prung Eban (Ama Kong)

Recommended Citation

Koehl, Dan (2026). Y Prung Eban (Ama Kong), Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=2162. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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http://www.tuoitrenews.vn/cmlink/tuoitrenews/society/vietnam-s-legendary-mahout-ama-kong-dies-1.90951

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