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== Mara & Baby ==
[[File:Mara and baby.jpeg|alt=Mara and Baby Photo: Free Mara & Baby|thumb|Mara and Baby Photo: [https://sites.google.com/vxconsulting.co.uk/freemarababy/home Free Mara & Baby]]]
Mara & Baby are female Asian elephants captive at Zoo Park, a roadside zoo in Slovakia. 

Mara was captured from the wild (unknown location) in 1973 and transferred to a circus in Spain (Circo Aleman Berlin). Subsequently she was transferred to the Christian & Alex Gärtner Elephant Show (circus) in Croatia.

Baby was born in July 1981 at Circus Quaiser in Germany to parents Bosco (father) and Benga (mother)<ref>https://elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=1420</ref> before being transferred to the Christian & Alex Gärtner Elephant Show (circus) in Croatia.

Mara & Baby were then transferred to Zoo Park in Slovakia when Croatia banned the use of wild animals in circuses.<ref>[https://www.bornfree.org.uk/articles/animal-tragic#:~:text=To%20date%2C%20more%20than%2030,of%20wild%20animals%20in%20circuses. ANIMAL TRAGIC: THE SHOCKING TREATMENT OF WILD ANIMALS IN THE CIRCUS] Born Free</ref>

== See also ==

* [[List of captive elephants]]
* [[Effects of captivity on elephants]]
* [[:Category:Reports about elephants]]
* [[:Category:Interviews about elephants]]

=== Interviews ===

* [[Interview:Mara and Baby]]

== External links ==

* [https://sites.google.com/vxconsulting.co.uk/freemarababy/home Free Mara & Baby]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlOd2U7adgg Free Mara and Baby with Veronika Jancikova] YouTube

== References ==
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[[Category:Elephants]]
[[Category:Slovakia]]
[[Category:Captive elephants]]
[[Category:Captive animals]]
[[Category:Captive elephants - living]]
[[Category:Captive elephants at mobile zoos]]