Пришлось прогуглить этого Уомбвелла.
Эка цаца - основатель передвижного зоо времен Регентства и ранней Викторианской эпохи.
Wombwell bred and raised many animals himself, including the first lion to be bred in captivity in Britain; he named it William in honour of William Wallace. In 1825 Warwick, Wombwell, in collaboration with Sam Wedgbury and dog dealer Ben White's assistant Bill George, arranged a Lion-baiting between his docile lion Nero and six bulldogs. Nero refused to fight but when Wombwell released Wiliam, he mauled the dogs and the fight was soon stopped.
То-то лев на постаменте не сильно опечален))

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