LION COUNTRY SAFARI stock certificate - GRAPHIC

Lion Country Safari
Stock Certificate

This is an authentic stock certificate from the Lion Country Safari.  Wonderful full-color, cull-certificate vignette of lions walking by a visitors car.    

Company Info:
Lion Country Safari was founded in 1967 by a group of South African and British entrepreneurs who wished to provide a safari experience for families who would not normally be able to experience it. The park originally exhibited only lions.   The first park in South Florida is the only Lion Country Safari still in operation. At one time there were parks in California, Texas, Georgia and Ohio.

Another drive-through zoo known as Lion Country Safari existed in Irvine, California until 1984. The park's entertainment area was converted into the current theme park Wild Rivers in 1986-87. The remaining portion of the park was converted to a Day Camp for children named Camp Frasier (currently Camp James), owned by Lion Country's parent company United Leisure. (The drive through reserve was used for horseback riding, archery, ATC, ATV riding and hiking.) U.L. was headed up by CEO Harry Schuster, a South African founder of Lion Country. 

The park was originally in the city limits of Laguna Hills and opened in June of 1970. It was the second Lion Country Safari (after Florida). However in 1982 a long bitter battle began between Schuster and the Irvine Company where the Irvine Company decided to renegotiate the 28 year lease on the land (which began in 1968) and try to take back control when property values increased. Harry Schuster then became involved in a bitter and excruciating legal battle until 1997 when they finally reached a compromise.

An amusement park in Richmond, Virginia called Kings Dominion (now Paramount's Kings Dominion) opened in 1975 with a similar attraction called Lion Country Safari.

Seller's note  --  my dad took me to the Richmond, VA park when you still drove through by car (instead of the monorail).  Our excitement is when the lion fell asleep on the hood of the car.

Great certificate at a reasonable cost.  Very nice and unique automotive collectible.

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