Baby
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Joy Gärtner in Croatia

Biography

☨ ♀ Baby

Alternative name:	Bebe

Identification


Description
Species:	Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:	Female ♀
Origin
Born:	* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead:	†2019?
Death reason:	unknown:
Locations - owners
Present / last location:	Joy Gärtner, in Croatia

Date of arrival

	Joy Gärtner from Unknown

	Unknown from Joy Gärtner

2011-09-20	Joy Gärtner from Circo Americano (Faggioni)

Record history
History of updates	2020-11-08

Latest document update	2020-11-08 07:25:08

† Baby is a dead Female ♀ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 2019? at Joy Gärtner, in Croatia, .

Casualties

1 casualties

2012-03-31: elephant keeper Justino Munez attacked by Baby. crushed him as he was cleaning the elephant pen at Courtney Brothers Circus in Blackpool, Cork. Justino Munez Survived. Justino Munez, the circus worker was critical but he has since made a recovery.

Origin

Baby was born wild .

Comments / pictures

2012-04: A circus worker is Fighting for his life in a Cork hospital after being crushed by Baby, the runaway elephant.

Spanish national Justino Munez suffered severe internal injuries when the 2.5-ton animal accidentally crushed him as he was cleaning the elephant pen at Courtney Brothers Circus in Blackpool, Cork, on Saturday night.

Baby on elephant-news.com

Baby is mentioned on Elephant News:

Articles where Baby is mentioned on elephant-news.com
Date	Links which opens in new window
2012-04-02	Circus investigates elephant crush - Elephant News
2011-02-01	Circus: 4 elephants stranded in morocco - Elephant News

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Baby, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Joy Gärtner in Croatia. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 29 March 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=3042. (archived at the Wayback machine)