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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. | 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 | 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. | 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]] | |||
{{See also/elephant}} | |||
=== 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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[[Category:Captive animals]] | [[Category:Captive animals]] | ||
[[Category:Captive elephants - living]] | [[Category:Captive elephants - living]] | ||
[[Category:Captive elephants at mobile zoos]] | |||