Training of Wild Animals

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Animals

Authors: Frank Charles Bostock In Year : 1903

Book Language: English

Audiobook: Training of Wild Animals

In Which I Become “The Boy Trainer”—A Lion Hunt in a Sewer
Origin and History of Wild-Animal Training
Housekeeping for Wild Animals
The Feeding of Snakes and Elephants
Characteristics of Different Animals
“Going Bad”—Animal Instinct
How Wild Animals are Captured
The Wild Animals’ Kindergarten
How Wild Animals are Taught Tricks
An Animal Show at Night
The Principles of Training
The Animal Trainer—Some Famous Trainers
Guarding Against Accidents

Today, performing animals are frowned on by many but in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, traveling menageries afforded entertainment for the masses. The Bostock family were famous in England at the time, for traveling around the country with a bevy of wild animals, many not seen before in provincial towns. If these animals could be trained to perform "tricks", rather than behave more naturally, so much the better. This volume gives an insight into the training and care of assorted animals. - Summary by Lynne Thompson