Gays lion farm

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 through , when it was closed temporarily due to wartime meat shortages. It never reopened.

- At the start of World War II, Gay's Lion Farm closed due to the lack of horse-meat to feed the lions. The lions were given to zoos, circuses, and shows across the country. Only two very old lions were put to sleep. And now Gay's Lion Farm, the only one of its kind in the world, is part of our El Monte History.