Brocketts Film Fauna: Cobras, scorpions and a lynx
Jim and Gina Brockett are owners of Brocketts Film Fauna, a company in Thousand Oaks that supplies reptiles, bugs and other animals to the film industry. Here, they take a seat with a lynx named Aspen. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Aspen the lynx holds still in the arms of Gina Brockett, co-owner of Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A Gila monster rests in a small tub in Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Jim Brockett, right, co-owner of Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks, takes a walk with raptor trainer Tony Suffredini, who is in charge of training an African Augar Hawk. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
An albino cobra from Thailand peers through a window in Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Hissing cockroaches congregate here in Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Jim Brockett, co-owner of Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks, feeds a group of alligators. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
An alligator roams the ground in Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
An Emperor scorpion grips a hand in Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
An African bullfrog looks ahead in Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A King cobra holds court in Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Jim Brockett, co-owner of Brocketts Film Fauna in Thousand Oaks, checks in on a troop of rats. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
