. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE CAUGHT 71 The animals are then fettered, and driven off to the huts of the natives. There they are fastened up, by ropes attached to each of the four legs, and tied to pegs. In a few days' time they become quiet and can soon be driven about, without any necessity for taking precau- tionary mea- sures. Grevy's zebra, the species of which I am here writing, is easily domesticated. Captured zebras in the kraal. (German East Afri
. Beasts and men, being Carl Hagenbeck's experiences for half a century among wild animals;. Animal training; Menageries; Zoological specimens; Zoos. HOW WILD ANIMALS ARE CAUGHT 71 The animals are then fettered, and driven off to the huts of the natives. There they are fastened up, by ropes attached to each of the four legs, and tied to pegs. In a few days' time they become quiet and can soon be driven about, without any necessity for taking precau- tionary mea- sures. Grevy's zebra, the species of which I am here writing, is easily domesticated. Captured zebras in the kraal. (German East Africa). It has, moreover, a strong constitution which would fit it well for the service of man in more civilised countries. The Kilimanjaro zebra, on the other hand, is a difficult animal to tame ; in its stubbornness it is very like a donkey. In the Sudan, at the end of the Mahdi's regime, we found the country changed, not only in respect of the game, but also in respect of the people who used to be our friends and assistants. Misfortunes had so overwhelmed them that the famous tribe of Hamran, from which all the best sword- hunters were derived, was reduced to twenty men. Sword- hunting itself was no longer practised, and was known to the younger generation only through the tales of their parents. The Havati or water-hunters also were no more. Both these methods of killing game had been superseded by the more effective, if less exciting, rifle of modern times. The capture of young animals is effected in other ways besides that of chasing them until they are overcome with fatigue. Traps of various kinds are used ; and in the case of. 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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