Many members of upper class society also had direct ties to the animal trade. Naturalists, collectors of exotic animals, hunters and curious tourists partook in excursions for wild game; in some cases where the trophies were captured alive, the animals were eventually donated to zoos. Pictured above is the arrival of lions donated by Laura Mae Corrigan, a zoo advocate and wife of Cleveland steel magnate James W. Corrigan. In 1933, Corrigan donated 28 animals to the Brookside Zoo that she collected on Safari in Africa. | Source: Image courtesy of Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special CollectionsDownload Original File
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