Great research, Ty. Fascinating. I also agree that wild animal acts are horrible and I'm very glad that they are being made illegal or being stopped due to declining customers. Thanks for bring all this interesting history right to my front door. I can tell that it is a lot of work. I appreciate it.
Hi! Can you share how you found these amazing photographs? My great grandmother worked with Jack Bonavita in Coney Island. I have a small low res photograph of her with the lion. Would love to see if I can find a better one. Thanks
Onagers are the most horse-like of wild asses, but wild they are. They are short-legged compared with horses, and their coloring varies depending on the season. They are larger than the African wild asses. Previously listed as Endangered, the Onager has been classified as Near Threatened. Of the five subspecies, one is extinct, two are endangered, and two are near threatened; its status in China is not well known, but China nearly wiped out its bird population under some asinine mutterings from Chairman Mao so it is probably extinct there except in the far North. Persian Onagers are currently being reintroduced in the Middle East as replacements for the extinct Syrian wild ass in the Arabian Peninsula, Israel and Jordan.
@@meetmeindreamland Millions starved under Mao and there are not many wild animals left in most of China. They wiped out their birds, literally. Something about them eating grain and even killed off the sparrows.
So cool to be a small part of this great video! The fact a lion went lose in the sewers of Birmingham is such a wild story
Thanks for your help! And never trust a lion tamer.
I found this after encountering Bostock’s eye-catching grave in Stoke Newington earlier today. A very informative video - thank you!
How do you only have 40 subs?!?!?! You deserve so much better
Thanks man, I appreciate that. Uh, tell your friends!
Great research, Ty. Fascinating. I also agree that wild animal acts are horrible and I'm very glad that they are being made illegal or being stopped due to declining customers. Thanks for bring all this interesting history right to my front door. I can tell that it is a lot of work. I appreciate it.
Thank you for the feedback!
Very interesting Ty. Great narration!!
Thanks for listening!
Hi! Can you share how you found these amazing photographs? My great grandmother worked with Jack Bonavita in Coney Island. I have a small low res photograph of her with the lion. Would love to see if I can find a better one. Thanks
Sure! Shoot me an email at meetmeindreamland76@gmail.com
And here I am still caught up on the name "Wombwell." WOMBWELL! You couldn't put it in a novel-seems too made-up.
You do not know how hard I had to work not to make 1 million "Wombwell" jokes.
Wombwell.
Onagers are the most horse-like of wild asses, but wild they are. They are short-legged compared with horses, and their coloring varies depending on the season. They are larger than the African wild asses. Previously listed as Endangered, the Onager has been classified as Near Threatened. Of the five subspecies, one is extinct, two are endangered, and two are near threatened; its status in China is not well known, but China nearly wiped out its bird population under some asinine mutterings from Chairman Mao so it is probably extinct there except in the far North. Persian Onagers are currently being reintroduced in the Middle East as replacements for the extinct Syrian wild ass in the Arabian Peninsula, Israel and Jordan.
Interesting! I didn't know that Mao had some vendetta against ungulates.
@@meetmeindreamland Millions starved under Mao and there are not many wild animals left in most of China. They wiped out their birds, literally. Something about them eating grain and even killed off the sparrows.
As a vegan. I loathe animal abuse, and people who abuse animals get what they deserve 😤.
I certainly understand what you mean.