. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. 154 BEASTS AND MEN but in this case I saw it would not do to hesitate any longer. At any moment a fatal accident might occur ; there was no help for it, the monster must be executed. It happened, how- ever, that I had to depart for England on the next day, and it was therefore necessary to postpone the unpleasant ceremony until my return. In England I met Mr. Rowland Ward, the naturalist. I happened to tell him about the elephant, which I propose
. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. 154 BEASTS AND MEN but in this case I saw it would not do to hesitate any longer. At any moment a fatal accident might occur ; there was no help for it, the monster must be executed. It happened, how- ever, that I had to depart for England on the next day, and it was therefore necessary to postpone the unpleasant ceremony until my return. In England I met Mr. Rowland Ward, the naturalist. I happened to tell him about the elephant, which I proposed to have killed on my return, and to my surprise he made a most original propo- sal. If the elephant were to be had cheap, he said he would willingly buy him from me, for he be- lieved he could easily find a "sportsman" to whom it would be worth fifty pounds to be able to say that he had once shot an elephant! I naturally jumped at the idea of saving some of 12° below zero. ^y l^gg^ ^^^ thrOUgh Rowland Ward it was soon arranged that a certain Mr. W. should come to Hamburg within a week for the purpose of shooting big game in my Zoological Garden. Sure enough, the two gentlemen arrived in Hamburg provided with a whole arsenal of different sorts of rifles, and it was duly arranged that the elephant hunt should take place the next day at Neuer Pferdemarkt. I made all the needful preparations, and took care to notify the police, who decided to send representatives to see that there was no danger to the public. The hunt. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hagenbeck, Carl, 1844-1913. London, New York [etc. ] : Longmans, Green, and Co.
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