There is said to be no art in socalled lion taming but the art of terrorism, and no rule but that of keeping the lions’ stomachs full and their minds cowed. There never has been and never will be an appeal to the lion’s intelligence, because the limited amount of that quality which he possesses is entirely dominated by his ferocity. Lions can neither be tamed or trained, save by those who know. You may pare their claws, and pull their eye-teeth, and terrorise them to a certain extent, if you begin when they are cubs ; but their inmate fierceness and lust for blood remain.
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Western Star, Issue 2216, 24 June 1898, Page 3
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105Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Western Star, Issue 2216, 24 June 1898, Page 3
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