. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. 136 BEASTS AND MEN VVilhelm Hagenbeck, who was one of the early pioneers of modern methods and has by his long experience become a past-master in the art of training wild beasts. Nearly all the troupes which he now exhibits have been collected and broken in by himself, though of late years he has received some as- sistance from his son. One of his most remarkable achieve- ments was the training of a young lion to ride on the back of a horse and i
. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. 136 BEASTS AND MEN VVilhelm Hagenbeck, who was one of the early pioneers of modern methods and has by his long experience become a past-master in the art of training wild beasts. Nearly all the troupes which he now exhibits have been collected and broken in by himself, though of late years he has received some as- sistance from his son. One of his most remarkable achieve- ments was the training of a young lion to ride on the back of a horse and in that position to perform a variety of equestrian tricks. Wilhelm Hagenbeck also was the first to introduce troupes of polar bears into the circus. Before his time it was held that polar bears were untrainable ; and to him belongs the. Polar bears in the arena. credit of showing the error of this view. With great patience and care their education is quite practicable, though at certain periods of the year they become extraordinarily restless and intractable. At this season it requires all the tact and ability that the trainer possesses to keep the creatures under control. The other species of bears—Russian, American and Indian— all take kindly to performing exhibitions during the first few years of their lives. But even they, when they have reached the age of three or four, are apt to become peevish and danger- ous. Bears, although some of the most amusing of all perform- ers, are responsible for more accidents than any other animals. In the same way that many of the performing troupes throughout the world have been trained in my establishment, so too their masters have in many cases received their early. 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.
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