"In 1988, Mark Shand - the late and very great adventurer - rescued a street begging elephant named Tara - who changed his life forever. Together they travelled 800 kilometres across India and Tara became the star of Mark’s best selling book, Travels on my Elephant. When Mark returned home to the UK, he founded Elephant Family to protect Tara’s endangered wild cousins and dedicated the rest of his life to the cause. Our Tara for Mark elephant creation shows the words in Travels on my Elephant where Mark described his feelings when he laid eyes on Tara for the first time and fell head over heels in love."
