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The Training of Wild Animals

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Nature, Gardens & Animals

The Training of Wild Animals

Frank Charles Bostock and Ellen Velvin

135 pages~2 hr 41 min read20 chapters$4.99
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Step inside the cage with a professional lion tamer. Frank Bostock, a legendary showman, explains how wild animals are actually trained, fed, and housed, and how he learned the trade as a boy. Full of narrow escapes and hard-won craft, it demystifies a dangerous art. Learn how the big cats were mastered, from a man who did it himself.

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20 chapters

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

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