There was a place in Santa Clarita Valley of California in the canyon. The wild animal park called Africa USA. It was located in the river bed of the canyon. This was the compound where the Heifers property kept the jungle animals of the Daktari TV series. In fact it was filmed there. Remember the cross-eye lion named Clarence? I saw Clarence in the down town Newhall Christmas parade back in the 1960's when the weekly show aired. Africa USA is gone now.
A book by Toni Helfer called "The Gentle Jungle" tells of a horse trade concerning an old black stallion they called "King". He was weak and they nursed him back to better health. They discovered he was well trained and did tricks. No one knew the back ground of this horse until a stuntman came by the ranch and identified him as Fury.