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The Training of Wild Animals

The Training of Wild Animals

by Frank Charles Bostock

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About this eBook

Author
Bostock, Frank Charles, 1866-1912
Credits
E-text prepared by Charlie Howard and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)
Language
English
LoC Class
GV: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Recreation, Leisure
Subject
Animal training
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 61589
Release Date
March 9, 2020
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  4. 4.EDITOR’S NOTE
  5. 5.PREFACE
  6. 6.THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS
  7. 7.CHAPTER I IN WHICH I BECOME “THE BOY TRAINER”— A LION HUNT IN A SEWER
  8. 8.CHAPTER II ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WILD-ANIMAL TRAINING
  9. 9.CHAPTER III HOUSEKEEPING FOR WILD ANIMALS
  10. 10.CHAPTER IV THE FEEDING OF SNAKES AND ELEPHANTS
  11. 11.CHAPTER V CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS
  12. 12.CHAPTER VI “GOING BAD”—ANIMAL INSTINCT
  13. 13.CHAPTER VII HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE CAPTURED
  14. 14.CHAPTER VIII THE WILD ANIMALS’ KINDERGARTEN
  15. 15.CHAPTER IX HOW WILD BEASTS ARE TAUGHT TRICKS
  16. 16.CHAPTER X AN ANIMAL SHOW AT NIGHT
  17. 17.CHAPTER XI THE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING
  18. 18.CHAPTER XII THE ANIMAL TRAINER—SOME FAMOUS TRAINERS
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIII ACCIDENTS
  20. 20.Transcriber’s Note

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