For World Lion Day: The Lions of Travalanche!

For this World Lion Day, we thought we’d present our Lion Loving readers with a little guide to our many posts germane to an appreciation for the King of Beasts here on Travalanche. They straddle too many topics to merit their own organizational category here (Animal Acts is as close as we’ll probably ever come), but there are enough that an aid to navigation might be useful. For your delectation, we have:

LION TAMERS

Isaac Van Amburgh, the First Lion Tamer

Clyde Beatty

Mabel Stark

Captain Proske

Bert Nelson

Adgie and Her Trained Lions

Dolores Vallecita (eventually specialized in leopards)

Maria Rasputina (daughter of Rasputin)

Bostock’s Menagerie

Sonya Allen (pictured above–this one takes you to another blog)

HUMANS WHO HAVE PLAYED LIONS

Arthur Hill

Fred Woodward

George Ali

Curtis McHenry

Bert Lahr

Bill Baird (Charlemane)

IMPLIED HUMAN/LION HYBRIDS

Lionel the Lion Faced Man

MOVIES FEATURING LIONS

Roar

Please don’t miss our previous post about comedies featuring scenes with lions.

And I guess we shouldn’t leave out this guy:

Happy World Lion Day to those who celebrate!

For more on show business history, please see No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous.