  Isaac Van Amburgh (1811-1865) was the first lion tamer of the modern (post-Roman) era. By that I mean of course he trained and performed demonstrations with all manner of big cats, not just lions but also tigers, leopards, panthers, etc. Originally, a cage cleaner at the Zoological Institute of New York, a menagerie based […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:43AM on July 2, 2013