The Training of Wild Animals

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CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

EDITOR'S NOTE

PREFACE

THE TRAINING OF WILD ANIMALS

CHAPTER I IN WHICH I BECOME "THE BOY TRAINER" A LION HUNT IN A SEWER

CHAPTER II ORIGIN AND HISTORY OF WILD-ANIMAL TRAINING

CHAPTER III HOUSEKEEPING FOR WILD ANIMALS

CHAPTER IV THE FEEDING OF SNAKES AND ELEPHANTS

CHAPTER V CHARACTERISTICS OF DIFFERENT ANIMALS

CHAPTER VI "GOING BAD" ANIMAL INSTINCT

CHAPTER VII HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE CAPTURED

CHAPTER VIII THE WILD ANIMALS' KINDERGARTEN

CHAPTER IX HOW WILD BEASTS ARE TAUGHT TRICKS

CHAPTER X AN ANIMAL SHOW AT NIGHT

CHAPTER XI THE PRINCIPLES OF TRAINING

CHAPTER XII THE ANIMAL TRAINER SOME FAMOUS TRAINERS

CHAPTER XIII ACCIDENTS

Transcriber's Note

Title: The Training of Wild Animals

Author: Frank Charles Bostock

Editor: Ellen Velvin

Language: English

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THE TRAINING OF
WILD ANIMALS

Frank C Bostock

THE TRAINING
OF WILD ANIMALS

BY
FRANK C. BOSTOCK

EDITED BY
ELLEN VELVIN, F.Z.S.

AUTHOR OF “RATAPLAN: A ROGUE
ELEPHANT,” ETC.

NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.


Copyright, 1903, by
The Century Co.
Published July, 1903

Printed in U. S. A.


THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED
TO MY SON
FRANCIS EDWARD BOSTOCK


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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