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Gay's Lion Farm | |
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Date opened | 1925 |
Date closed | 1942 |
Location | El Monte, California |
Land area | 5 acres |
No. of animals | 200 lions |
Owner | Charles and Muriel Gay |
Management | Charles Gay |
Gay's Lion Farm was a public selective breeding facility and tourist attraction just west of the south-east junction of Peck Road and Valley Boulevard in El Monte, California. It operated from 1925 through 1942, when it was closed temporarily due to wartime meat shortages. It never reopened.