The Training of Wild Animals

by Frank Charles Bostock

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	In Which I Become “The Boy Trainer”—A Lion Hunt in a Sewer	[3]
II	Origin and History of Wild-Animal Training	[23]
III	Housekeeping for Wild Animals	[34]
IV	The Feeding of Snakes and Elephants	[61]
V	Characteristics of Different Animals	[76]
VI	“Going Bad”—Animal Instinct	[97]
VII	How Wild Animals are Captured	[109]
VIII	The Wild Animals’ Kindergarten	[120]
IX	How Wild Animals are Taught Tricks	[143]
X	An Animal Show at Night	[166]
XI	The Principles of Training	[182]
XII	The Animal Trainer—Some Famous Trainers	[202]
XIII	Guarding Against Accidents	[226]

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