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Diana Rosa Rodrigues

Portugal's last circus elephant finds refuge in Alentejo sanctuary

Julie is already roaming under controlled freedom and has even enjoyed her first mud bath. This elephant is the first resident of the Pangea elephant sanctuary, located between Vila Viçosa and Alandroal, in the district of Évora.

This female was also the last circus elephant in Portugal. After the ban on wild animals in circuses in Portugal came into force, she remained in the care of her owner, the Victor Hugo Cardinali circus.

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