Ringling Brothers' animal trainer, Taba Maluenda instructs the Indian Elephant, named Asia, how to bat at "home plate" on this makeshift baseball field during a Miami Marlins batting practice featuring elephants from the Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus in Miami, Florida Jan 5, 2012.[Photo/Agencies]

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus animal trainer Taba Maluenda guides an Indian elephant named Asia away from a "home plate" during a batting practice organized by the Miami Marlins outside the baseball team's new stadium in Miami, Florida Jan 5, 2012.The circus will be performing in Miami from Jan 6 to 16. [Photo/Agencies]