The Training of Wild Animals

Author: Frank Charles Bostock

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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

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In Which I Become “The Boy Trainer”—A Lion Hunt in a SewerOrigin and History of Wild-Animal TrainingHousekeeping for Wild AnimalsThe Feeding of Snakes and ElephantsCharacteristics of Different Animals“Going Bad”—Animal InstinctHow Wild Animals are CapturedThe Wild Animals’ KindergartenHow Wild Animals are Taught TricksAn Animal Show at NightThe Principles of TrainingThe Animal Trainer—Some Famous TrainersGuarding Against Accidents

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