From Richard Reynolds

SnwLpd-GAmble-99, originally uploaded by bucklesw1. In June 1999, Cyndi Gamble and her business partner, Craig Wagner, were at the Georgia Renaissance Festival south of Atlanta with their "The Great Cats of the World Show." It was based at their Center for Endangered Cats located in Minnesota just north of the Twin Cities. The Center was said to have been in operation since about 1994. This photo shows their then 11-month old snow leopard, Jetta. They also had in the show a caracal named "Kaya," a puma named "Taz," and a 7-month old Bengal tiger named "Regina." I did not see the show but the news accounts said all cats were presented on leashes uncaged before the audience. The presenters lectured about their natural history etc. They seem to have taken their show around to schools, fairs etc. I never herd of Gamble and Wagner before or since. Can any reader shed any light on them? As for the snow leopard, it would be the 4th or 5th one to be seen in an American ring (or stage) per my count. There was Alfred Court's Doutschka (killed beefier opening night in the Garden in 1940), Lucio and Gilda Cristiani's Juno, and a snow leopard in Siegfried and Roy's Las Vegas illusion show. Also I think a couple out of Sarasota - -the Hoffmans - - may have had a snow leopard. They did a sort of big cat educational act as I recall.