SUBDUING A TIGER.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 23, Issue 7, 26 January 1912, Page 2

SUBDUING A TIGER.

Illustrating that it is nothing but kindness that makes wild animals really tame, Herr Hagenbeck, the famous animal trainer, tells the following story “I remember a savage Bengal tiger which was sent to me from Calcutta some years ago. When it'arrived it w a s in a state of fury and rage, and for several days would fly at me whenever I chose- to approach the cage. I paid him a daily visit, purring a s I approached, which was like speaking in his own language, and he gave up gradually his furious greeting. After a week I took a piece of meat at each visit, for the way to the heart is through the stomach, and that does not apply to tigers alone ! At the end of four weeks I could touch him, and three months later lie had quite .realised that no one wanted to hurt, him, and used to come quietly to the bars to be stroked each day.”