Bert Nelson (Cardbert Nelson Snyder) worked with big cats in vaudeville, circuses and films in the 20s and 30s. Nelson learned how to train large carnivores at L.A. area zoological parks like Jungleland and the Selig Zoo. During the warm seasons, he played the Ringling Bros., Hagenbeck-Wallace and Al G. Barnes shows with a large act featuring several lions […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 11:44PM on July 23, 2013