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== Mara & Baby ==
== 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 & 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 and then to Zoo Park 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 parent 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 and then to Zoo Park in Slovakia.
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 ==
== See also ==


* [[Interview:Mara and Baby]]
* [[List of captive elephants]]
* [[List of captive elephants]]
* [[Effects of captivity on elephants]]
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=== 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 ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 20:00, 3 February 2024

Mara & Baby

Mara and Baby Photo: Free Mara & Baby
Mara and Baby Photo: 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)[1] 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.[2]

See also

Interviews

External links

References