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Lion Country Safari, Inc - Laguna Hills in United States
Lion Country Safari, Inc - Laguna Hills Type zoo Owner Founded 1970 Closed down 1984 Address
Laguna Hills Place
Irvine Country
United States Directors Key People Veterinarians Elephant department Head keepers Elephant keepers Record history History of updates 2010-10-06 Latest document update 2020-10-30 07:03:11 Random literature As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases
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Lion Country Safari, Inc - Laguna Hills, located at Laguna Hills, in Irvine, United States
, was founded in 1970. Lion Country Safari, Inc - Laguna Hills closed down in 1984.
Comments / pictures An escaped elephant killed a motorist on the 405 freeway and had to be euthanized. Memphis Zoo
in July 1974 and has resided at the Tulsa Zoo
since 1977. Happy (SB208) and Grumpy (SB168) were sold to the Bronx Zoo
in March 1977. Happy still lives there with two other females Asian elephants, whereas Grumpy died in 2002. Dopey (SB148, later renamed Cindy) and Bashful (SB151, later renamed Jaz) were sold to Howard Johnson
in May 1978 and transferred to his son Gary Johnson of Have Trunk
Will Travel in 1987, eventually joining the George Carden
Circus in 1993 where they still perform today. Doc (SB272, later renamed Vance) was sold to Bill Swain
in June 1980, sold again to Mike Hackenberger of the Bowmanville Zoo
eight years later, and died in 2007. The last dwarf, Sleepy, was the calf that never left California.References for records about Lion Country Safari, Inc - Laguna Hills
Recommended Citation Koehl, Dan (2025). Lion Country Safari, Inc - Laguna Hills, Elephant Encyclopedia. Available online at https://www.elephant.se/location2.php?location_id=1017 . (archived at the Wayback machine )Search more with Google for Lion Country Safari, Inc - Laguna Hills The link will automatically include Lion Country Safari, Inc - Laguna Hills and open a new browser window.
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