. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. 30 BEASTS AND MEN I thought the public might, perhaps, have had enough of ethnology for the time being, and I therefore set to work to devise some new form of entertainment. The result of my meditations was a revolution in the methods of training wild beasts for the circus. For many years, indeed ever since I could remem- ber, I had been greatly distressed at the cruel methods of teachinor ani- mals to perform, which were then in vogue. My enthus
. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. 30 BEASTS AND MEN I thought the public might, perhaps, have had enough of ethnology for the time being, and I therefore set to work to devise some new form of entertainment. The result of my meditations was a revolution in the methods of training wild beasts for the circus. For many years, indeed ever since I could remem- ber, I had been greatly distressed at the cruel methods of teachinor ani- mals to perform, which were then in vogue. My enthusiasm for my own calling originated more, if I may say so, in a love for all livingf creatures than in any mere com- mercial instincts. I had no doubt inherited this passion from my father, and under the circum- stances in which I found myself there was, of Patagonian. course, every opportun- ity of cultivating the taste. I do not intend to imply that I have not also had an eye to the main chance ; but I can, I think, say with perfect truth that I am, and always have been, a naturalist first and a trader afterwards. This being the case, it was only natural that I, in common I am sure with all other lovers of animals, should be greatly distressed at the wicked ill-treatment to which "tamed" beasts were in those days subjected. In a later chapter I shall relate some tales about this barbarous method of training—now happily a thing of the past—and I will only say here that the poor brutes were driven to perform their "tricks" by being thrashed with whips and burned with red-hot irons. For many years I had been pondering over this subject,. 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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