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Post by sarus on Jul 5, 2012 4:41:39 GMT -9
ONCE AGAIN: ================================================== ==================================================   ================================================== ================================================== The Miami News - Dec 13, 1942
Beatty Tells How Bear Killed Tiger, Avenging Man's Death
Front Page (page 1) and page 6: news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19421213&id=-rEtAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UNQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5600,2224487 ================================================== ================================================== |
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Post by sarus on Sept 12, 2012 5:20:23 GMT -9
"... The marquee attractions of Victorian circuses, felines commanded the lion's share of top-quality food. The menu du jour of Alexander Fairgrieve's famous traveling menagerie offers some sense of the pecking order among the various animals. Elephants had to content themselves with "hay, cabbages, bread and boiled rice, sweetened with sugar" while the big cats feasted on "shins, hearts, and heads of bullocks." So much meat did the lions and tigers of the great circuses consume, in fact, that their fellow carnivores the bears were forced to await the onset of "very cold weather" before they were similarly provisioned. Until such time, they subsisted on bread, sopped biscuits, and boiled rice.To be an ursine understudy to feline stars was a sad fate, indeed. Should you wish to express dietary soliditary with the dancing bears of Victorian circuses, this recipe for boiled rice with cheese, which appears in The Helping Hand Cook Book (1912), will have you looking forward to winter's chill..."www.theausteritykitchen.com/2011/09/circus-animals-nutrition.html Toledo Zoo - Polar Bear Skulls The skull on the right is a healthy bear, the skull on the left is of a bear fed a poor diet www.flickr.com/photos/fkalltheway/4487583366/in/photostream  "There is one thing about which the public at large seem to be under a wrong impression, and this I should like to correct," added Mr. Permane. "Bears are herbivorous, not carnivorous. They will attack either animal or man only after a somewhat protracted fast. There is, therefore, no necessity for giving bears any meat whatsoever". "Wherever I go," says Mr. Permane, "I am always besieged by a local butcher offering to provide me with the necessary meat and bones for my bears, and when I send him away, telling him that I only give them carrots and bread, he departs with a knowing wink, and probably imagines that i am utterly mistaken as to the food I ought to provide for my four-footed friends." From the evident enjoyment shown by one of the pets in "Do let me have some," we have evidence enough that carrots are considered quite a dainty. "My large bears," Mr. Permane adds, in explanation, "will eat 4lb. of bread and 10lb. of carrots per diem, and I do not believe in limiting their green food on any account. It is a splendid thing for their coats, and I can remenber my four bears eating nearly two sacks full of freshly cut grass in one day." ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Source: The Strand magazine - Volume 19 - Page 114 and 115 (1900)► www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=books&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DX-0vAAAAMAAJ%26q%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26dq%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DFYj-Z0b1MB%26sig%3DbBIOWZYJzoN9-Eib7nySIT00lJs%26hl%3Den&ei=IJVQUPy-NKWP0QGl84CgBw&usg=AFQjCNG8Of3ybEvERTxkUIvdCPcr_q3w1w&sig2=8ZbPHGz4YH_IcQOui0DqLA► www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=books&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJI0kAQAAIAAJ%26q%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26dq%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DTFKWg9hx0m%26sig%3DUAgWqOC4ICt6MCiSDPPOWZjPpG8%26hl%3Den&ei=IJVQUPy-NKWP0QGl84CgBw&usg=AFQjCNFFrG3Sl_GJmy7-J8EyosiFYTE3UQ&sig2=lTNQQS1v1lWwGT8_IYRjhA► circusnospin.blogspot.com.br/2012/01/animal-training-history-mr-permane.htmlDownload (PDF Format - 335.3 MB):► archive.org/download/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly/TheStrandMagazine1900aVol.XixJan-jun.pdfOther formats:► archive.org/details/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ . |
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Post by warsaw on Sept 12, 2012 11:15:27 GMT -9
"... The marquee attractions of Victorian circuses, felines commanded the lion's share of top-quality food. The menu du jour of Alexander Fairgrieve's famous traveling menagerie offers some sense of the pecking order among the various animals. Elephants had to content themselves with "hay, cabbages, bread and boiled rice, sweetened with sugar" while the big cats feasted on "shins, hearts, and heads of bullocks." So much meat did the lions and tigers of the great circuses consume, in fact, that their fellow carnivores the bears were forced to await the onset of "very cold weather" before they were similarly provisioned. Until such time, they subsisted on bread, sopped biscuits, and boiled rice.To be an ursine understudy to feline stars was a sad fate, indeed. Should you wish to express dietary soliditary with the dancing bears of Victorian circuses, this recipe for boiled rice with cheese, which appears in The Helping Hand Cook Book (1912), will have you looking forward to winter's chill..."www.theausteritykitchen.com/2011/09/circus-animals-nutrition.htmlToledo Zoo - Polar Bear Skulls The skull on the right is a healthy bear, the skull on the left is of a bear fed a poor diet www.flickr.com/photos/fkalltheway/4487583366/in/photostream added Mr. Permane. "Bears are herbivorous, not carnivorous. They will attack either animal or man only after a somewhat protracted fast. There is, therefore, no necessity for giving bears any meat whatsoever". "Wherever I go," says Mr. Permane, "I am always besieged by a local butcher offering to provide me with the necessary meat and bones for my bears, and when I send him away, telling him that I only give them carrots and bread, he departs with a knowing wink, and probably imagines that i am utterly mistaken as to the food I ought to provide for my four-footed friends." From the evident enjoyment shown by one of the pets in "Do let me have some," we have evidence enough that carrots are considered quite a dainty. "My large bears," Mr. Permane adds, in explanation, "will eat 4lb. of bread and 10lb. of carrots per diem, and I do not believe in limiting their green food on any account. It is a splendid thing for their coats, and I can remenber my four bears eating nearly two sacks full of freshly cut grass in one day." ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Source: The Strand magazine - Volume 19 - Page 114 and 115 (1900)► www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=books&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DX-0vAAAAMAAJ%26q%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26dq%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DFYj-Z0b1MB%26sig%3DbBIOWZYJzoN9-Eib7nySIT00lJs%26hl%3Den&ei=IJVQUPy-NKWP0QGl84CgBw&usg=AFQjCNG8Of3ybEvERTxkUIvdCPcr_q3w1w&sig2=8ZbPHGz4YH_IcQOui0DqLA► www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=books&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJI0kAQAAIAAJ%26q%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26dq%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DTFKWg9hx0m%26sig%3DUAgWqOC4ICt6MCiSDPPOWZjPpG8%26hl%3Den&ei=IJVQUPy-NKWP0QGl84CgBw&usg=AFQjCNFFrG3Sl_GJmy7-J8EyosiFYTE3UQ&sig2=lTNQQS1v1lWwGT8_IYRjhA► circusnospin.blogspot.com.br/2012/01/animal-training-history-mr-permane.htmlDownload (PDF Format - 335.3 MB):► archive.org/download/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly/TheStrandMagazine1900aVol.XixJan-jun.pdfOther formats:► archive.org/details/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ .Very interesting! Thanks a lot! |
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Post by sarus on Oct 16, 2012 0:17:39 GMT -9
¨BEAR KILLS LION-------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------   -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------  -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEAR KILLS LION
Berlin, Feb. 8 — A fight between a lion and a bear took place during
an afternoon performance of a circus. The animals could not be separate
until the firemen of the circus brought a heavy hose to bear on them.
The bear went through his tricks afterward as if nothing had happened.
The lion, however, was so badly mauled that it died.-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Believe me: I barely started here. There is a lot more still to come. So, stay tuned. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Post by grrraaahhh on Oct 17, 2012 11:36:01 GMT -9
¨BEAR KILLS LION-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- BEAR KILLS LION
Berlin, Feb. 8 — A fight between a lion and a bear took place during
an afternoon performance of a circus. The animals could not be separate
until the firemen of the circus brought a heavy hose to bear on them.
The bear went through his tricks afterward as if nothing had happened.
The lion, however, was so badly mauled that it died.-------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Believe me: I barely started here. There is a lot more still to come. So, stay tuned. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks sarus. Given the poor conditions of their time, I guess it should not be surprising to read about the numerous mixed animal acts and animal menageries where bears and felines fought. I'm glad we are taking a second/deeper look at these stories. |
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Post by sarus on Dec 15, 2012 12:58:38 GMT -9
________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________  PETER THE GREAT► news.google.com/newspapers?id=HF8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dioDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3609%2C6243897________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________  A SCENE OF HORROR"Peter the Great," The Russian Bear at the Zoological Gardens, Demolishes His Cage and Lets loose the Animals.Toronto (Canada) GlobeSuch a scene of horror as yesterday took place at the Zoological Gardens in this city, it bids fair to say, has never before been equalled on the Continent. About half-past six o'clock last evening word was passed in our office that the Zoological Gardens was a scene of bloodshed and horror; that "Peter the Great", the Russian bear, an animal weighing twelve hundred pounds, and who for the past few days has been almost unmanageable, from severe pains, from which the animal has been suffering, had broken loose from his fastening, and in his rage had wrested the small bars from the den in which the leopards used to be confined, and attacked those animals. In his fierce rage the bear tore the smaller of the leopards limb from limb, and fiercely attacked the two larger ones; the struggle, as described by an eye-witness, was terrible in the extreme. The keeper wisely flew for his life, leaving the infuriated animals to contend for the mastery as best they might; in his haste, however, he overlooked the key of the front door or gateway, which he left standing wide open, thus leaving a free passage-way to the street. The whistling of the locomotives in the immediate vicinity was drowned by the fierce cries and bellowing of the maddened beasts; cries that filled the air for blocks arounf the "Zoo." No one among the thousands who ranged themselves ina a frightened, curious mob in the neighbourhood of the Garden, dared approach nearer than the "Queen's," or "Walker's" hotels; the roofs and windows of these hostelries were crowded with spectators looking on in awe. In the midst of the fierce fray an ear-piercing roar that chilled the bloof in the veins of all that heard it, rent the air and shook the very earth; it was a double roar, thet sounded like dreadful thunder. The "Royal Tiger" and the "Nubian Lion" had broken loose and entered the fray, and then ensued such a scene as never before was witnessed; the animals were altogether in a fierce, struggling, quivering mass; now the lion upward, and next the shaggy coat of bruin appearing, covered with blood. In the midst of this blood-curdling and never-to-be-forgotten scene, the leopards run wildly up and down through the inner apartment now eager to break through the crowd, at which they would sometimes stop and gaze, gnashing their teeth until their red and gaping jaws grew redder with bloody foam. At last a roar from the lion told the death of the Russian bear; the monarch of the forest had conquered, and bruin was no more... ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ The rest of the story:► news.google.com/newspapers?id=vmIHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yjYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3234%2C532631and/or ► news.google.com/newspapers?id=1IgmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RykDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6173%2C5059131________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ |
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Post by Ursus arctos on Dec 15, 2012 16:39:50 GMT -9
________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ PETER THE GREAT► news.google.com/newspapers?id=HF8xAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dioDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3609%2C6243897________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ A SCENE OF HORROR"Peter the Great," The Russian Bear at the Zoological Gardens, Demolishes His Cage and Lets loose the Animals.Toronto (Canada) GlobeSuch a scene of horror as yesterday took place at the Zoological Gardens in this city, it bids fair to say, has never before been equalled on the Continent. About half-past six o'clock last evening word was passed in our office that the Zoological Gardens was a scene of bloodshed and horror; that "Peter the Great", the Russian bear, an animal weighing twelve hundred pounds, and who for the past few days has been almost unmanageable, from severe pains, from which the animal has been suffering, had broken loose from his fastening, and in his rage had wrested the small bars from the den in which the leopards used to be confined, and attacked those animals. In his fierce rage the bear tore the smaller of the leopards limb from limb, and fiercely attacked the two larger ones; the struggle, as described by an eye-witness, was terrible in the extreme. The keeper wisely flew for his life, leaving the infuriated animals to contend for the mastery as best they might; in his haste, however, he overlooked the key of the front door or gateway, which he left standing wide open, thus leaving a free passage-way to the street. The whistling of the locomotives in the immediate vicinity was drowned by the fierce cries and bellowing of the maddened beasts; cries that filled the air for blocks arounf the "Zoo." No one among the thousands who ranged themselves ina a frightened, curious mob in the neighbourhood of the Garden, dared approach nearer than the "Queen's," or "Walker's" hotels; the roofs and windows of these hostelries were crowded with spectators looking on in awe. In the midst of the fierce fray an ear-piercing roar that chilled the bloof in the veins of all that heard it, rent the air and shook the very earth; it was a double roar, thet sounded like dreadful thunder. The "Royal Tiger" and the "Nubian Lion" had broken loose and entered the fray, and then ensued such a scene as never before was witnessed; the animals were altogether in a fierce, struggling, quivering mass; now the lion upward, and next the shaggy coat of bruin appearing, covered with blood. In the midst of this blood-curdling and never-to-be-forgotten scene, the leopards run wildly up and down through the inner apartment now eager to break through the crowd, at which they would sometimes stop and gaze, gnashing their teeth until their red and gaping jaws grew redder with bloody foam. At last a roar from the lion told the death of the Russian bear; the monarch of the forest had conquered, and bruin was no more... ________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ The rest of the story:► news.google.com/newspapers?id=vmIHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=yjYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3234%2C532631and/or ► news.google.com/newspapers?id=1IgmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RykDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6173%2C5059131________________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________________________ " We sent a reporter to the Zoological Garden on hearing the news, as we have given it above. Our scribe returned a short time after, and reported the following reasons for the uproar. It will appear from what follow that the thing is not so bad as might at first be supposed...
.......The fact of the matter is this, that we have all been cured by St. Jacob's Oil down here, animals and all, and that it is a fortunate thing for the people that St. Jacob's Oil could be procured, to cure the bear and the lion, or, in their rage-from the rheumatism-they might have caused just such a scene as that excited personage related ; however, it is well as it is. The animals are now all right, and so are myself, and Mr. Piper, and Mr. Going." I think that was a lengthy advertisement for "St. Jacob's Oil", using a "what if..." scenario. The bear is "now all right" and cured of its pains, rather than escaping due to its pains and getting killed. BTW, quoting wikipedia: The term "rheumatism" is still used in colloquial speech and historical contexts, but is no longer frequently used in medical or technical literature; there is no longer any recognized disorder simply called "rheumatism." The traditional term covers such a range of different problems that to ascribe symptoms to "rheumatism" is not to say very much. Nevertheless, sources dealing with rheumatism tend to focus on arthritis. However, "non-articular rheumatism," also known as "regional pain syndrome" or "soft tissue rheumatism," can cause significant discomfort and difficulty.[2] Furthermore, arthritis and rheumatism between them cover at least 200 different conditions.Probability of single cure handling such a diversity of ailments is extremely low. Placebo effect wouldn't explain all of it: 1)20 different ointments claimed to fail for Mr. Going 2) placebo shouldn't work on animals, as they wont associate medication with curing of ailments |
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Post by sarus on Dec 16, 2012 10:12:53 GMT -9
" We sent a reporter to the Zoological Garden on hearing the news, as we have given it above. Our scribe returned a short time after, and reported the following reasons for the uproar. It will appear from what follow that the thing is not so bad as might at first be supposed...
.......The fact of the matter is this, that we have all been cured by St. Jacob's Oil down here, animals and all, and that it is a fortunate thing for the people that St. Jacob's Oil could be procured, to cure the bear and the lion, or, in their rage-from the rheumatism-they might have caused just such a scene as that excited personage related ; however, it is well as it is. The animals are now all right, and so are myself, and Mr. Piper, and Mr. Going." I have to admit: I focused my interest on what I thought to be the essential and really relevant part of the "account", dismissing the rest (after a quick and careless read) as boring and irrelevant (due to its advertising content). Thank you for pointing out these crucial details of the text. Now, after reading and rereading this article, I see that we are not dealing here with a true event wherein a twelve hundred pound brown bear was killed by a Nubian lion. |
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Post by sarus on Dec 26, 2012 22:27:19 GMT -9
¨ Menelik and a splendid bear last night met in deadly conflict at the Arena.
The lion made short work of his opponent._______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ► Lion photograph - Sheffield Independent 21 November 1910._______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________  _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ► Lion vs bear incident - Yorkshire Telegraph and Star 12 November 1910._______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________  EXCITING SCENES IN SHEFFIELD JUNGLE.
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BEAR KILLED IN STRUGGLE WITH A LION.
▬▬▬▬There were exciting scenes on Sunday evening in Bostock's Jungle, which is wintering in Sheffield. Menelik, one of the finest lions owned by Mr. Frank Bostock, met a grizzly bear in a narrow passage way, and there was a fearful fight to a finish. The lion was the victor; he mauled poor Bruin so badly that the merciful trainers put the animal out of its misery. The primary cause of the trouble was the arrival from America of two young African lions which were captured by Kermit Roosevelt, son of the American ex-President, during their African hunting tour. They have been presented to Mr. Bostock for exhibition in New York, but as the New York show is now in Sheffield with the Continental sections of the Jungle the animals were sent over by Mr. Bostock's New York representative. To make room for them it was necessary to move some bears from one cage to another. This work was in progress, and Menelik was being exercised in the big arena by the German trainer Falkendorph, who during the past week has put some Bengal man-eating tigers through a sensational turn. DANGEROUS WORK.It is part of the arrangements at the Jungle to give each animal plenty of exercise. At the back of each cage is a door communicating into a narrow passage-way running right round the building, and along this the animals are driven by their trainers into the big arenic cage. This is the dangerous part of the trainers' work, but whatever happens in the passage-ways makes no difference whatever to the safety of the public. A code of whistle signals is in use. Visitors who have visited the Jungle will re-call that before animals either enter or leave the arenic cage signals are exchanged. Yesterday evening Falkendorph blew the signal to inquire if the passage-way was clear, and he says thet he got the answering response that it was. He then commenced to drive Menelik back to his cage. But there had been some mistake in the signals, for keepers were moving a fine grizzly bear, "President," along the passage which Menelik was to traverse. The lion and the bear met in a sharp corner. The lion gripped the bear by the throat, and the two animals locked together, fought fiercely. Falkendorph fired blank cartridges and immediately a number of trainers rushed to his assistance, but the task of separating bear and lion was a very difficult one. The passage way is so narrow that only two men could get near the animals. Menelik, frightened by the crack of firearms, released his hold of the bear, who then seized Menelik's foot viciously. The animals closed again, and the bear was breathing almost his last gasp when a further firing of blank cartridges drove Menelik into his cage. Menelik, who, by the way, is so named because he was presented to Mr. Bostock by King Menelik of Abyssinia, seems to be very little the worse for the encounter. He limps as a result od the bear's dying grip. The loss is considerable. A grizzly bear is worth anything between £80 and £100, and the value of President was enhanced by the fact that he had passed through a long training period, and was to be added to the Poluski Combination Group of lions, wolves and bears. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ► Feature on bear vs lion incident - World's Fair 26 November 1910. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________
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Post by sarus on Dec 26, 2012 23:01:24 GMT -9
¨..."The following week sees probably the least bit of surprising news as it is
recorded that a fight has taken place between a grizzly bear and a lion - this
time the bear emerging as the victor"._____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ► www.nfa.dept.shef.ac.uk/jungle/index1b1.html_____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________   CIRCUS BEAR KILLS A LIONAt Bostock's Jungle, Nottingham, the animals were leaving the arena at the conclusion of a performance when a grizzly bear attacked the lion. Keepers unsuccessfully attempted to separate them, and, after a few minutes fierce fighting the bear leaped on the lion's back and bit it, breaking its spine. The lion fell dead instantly. _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ ► CIRCUS BEAR KILLS A LION_____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________
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Post by grrraaahhh on Dec 29, 2012 10:37:01 GMT -9
¨Menelik and a splendid bear last night met in deadly conflict at the Arena.
The lion made short work of his opponent._______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ► Lion photograph - Sheffield Independent 21 November 1910._______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ► Lion vs bear incident - Yorkshire Telegraph and Star 12 November 1910._______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ EXCITING SCENES IN SHEFFIELD JUNGLE.
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BEAR KILLED IN STRUGGLE WITH A LION.
▬▬▬▬There were exciting scenes on Sunday evening in Bostock's Jungle, which is wintering in Sheffield. Menelik, one of the finest lions owned by Mr. Frank Bostock, met a grizzly bear in a narrow passage way, and there was a fearful fight to a finish. The lion was the victor; he mauled poor Bruin so badly that the merciful trainers put the animal out of its misery. The primary cause of the trouble was the arrival from America of two young African lions which were captured by Kermit Roosevelt, son of the American ex-President, during their African hunting tour. They have been presented to Mr. Bostock for exhibition in New York, but as the New York show is now in Sheffield with the Continental sections of the Jungle the animals were sent over by Mr. Bostock's New York representative. To make room for them it was necessary to move some bears from one cage to another. This work was in progress, and Menelik was being exercised in the big arena by the German trainer Falkendorph, who during the past week has put some Bengal man-eating tigers through a sensational turn. DANGEROUS WORK.It is part of the arrangements at the Jungle to give each animal plenty of exercise. At the back of each cage is a door communicating into a narrow passage-way running right round the building, and along this the animals are driven by their trainers into the big arenic cage. This is the dangerous part of the trainers' work, but whatever happens in the passage-ways makes no difference whatever to the safety of the public. A code of whistle signals is in use. Visitors who have visited the Jungle will re-call that before animals either enter or leave the arenic cage signals are exchanged. Yesterday evening Falkendorph blew the signal to inquire if the passage-way was clear, and he says thet he got the answering response that it was. He then commenced to drive Menelik back to his cage. But there had been some mistake in the signals, for keepers were moving a fine grizzly bear, "President," along the passage which Menelik was to traverse. The lion and the bear met in a sharp corner. The lion gripped the bear by the throat, and the two animals locked together, fought fiercely. Falkendorph fired blank cartridges and immediately a number of trainers rushed to his assistance, but the task of separating bear and lion was a very difficult one. The passage way is so narrow that only two men could get near the animals. Menelik, frightened by the crack of firearms, released his hold of the bear, who then seized Menelik's foot viciously. The animals closed again, and the bear was breathing almost his last gasp when a further firing of blank cartridges drove Menelik into his cage. Menelik, who, by the way, is so named because he was presented to Mr. Bostock by King Menelik of Abyssinia, seems to be very little the worse for the encounter. He limps as a result od the bear's dying grip. The loss is considerable. A grizzly bear is worth anything between £80 and £100, and the value of President was enhanced by the fact that he had passed through a long training period, and was to be added to the Poluski Combination Group of lions, wolves and bears. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ► Feature on bear vs lion incident - World's Fair 26 November 1910. _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________  www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2012645718/ |
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Post by warsaw on Mar 18, 2013 13:37:02 GMT -9
"There is one thing about wich the public at large seem to be under a wrong impression, and this I should like to correct," added Mr. Permane. "Bears are herbivorous, not carnivorous. They will attack either animal or man only after a somewhat protracted fast. There is, therefore, no necessity for giving bears any meat whatsoever". "Wherever I go," says Mr. Permane, "I am always besieged by a local butcher offering to provide me with the necessary meat and bones for my bears, and when I send him away, telling him that I only give them carrots and bread, he departs with a knowing wink, and probably imagines that i am utterly mistaken as to the food I ought to provide for my four-footed friends." From the evident enjoyment shown by one of the pets in "Do let me have some," we have evidence enough that carrots are considered quite a dainty. "My large bears," Mr. Permane adds, in explanation, "will eat 4lb. of bread and 10lb. of carrots per diem, and I do not believe in limiting their green food on any account. It is a splendid thing for their coats, and I can remenber my four bears eating nearly two sacks full of freshly cut grass in one day." ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ Source: The Strand magazine - Volume 19 - Page 114 and 115 (1900)► www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=books&cd=1&cad=rja&ved=0CDEQ6AEwAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DX-0vAAAAMAAJ%26q%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26dq%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DFYj-Z0b1MB%26sig%3DbBIOWZYJzoN9-Eib7nySIT00lJs%26hl%3Den&ei=IJVQUPy-NKWP0QGl84CgBw&usg=AFQjCNG8Of3ybEvERTxkUIvdCPcr_q3w1w&sig2=8ZbPHGz4YH_IcQOui0DqLA► www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=books&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DJI0kAQAAIAAJ%26q%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26dq%3D%2522I%2Bam%2Balways%2Bbesieged%2Bby%2Ba%2Blocal%2Bbutcher%2Boffering%2Bto%2522%26source%3Dbl%26ots%3DTFKWg9hx0m%26sig%3DUAgWqOC4ICt6MCiSDPPOWZjPpG8%26hl%3Den&ei=IJVQUPy-NKWP0QGl84CgBw&usg=AFQjCNFFrG3Sl_GJmy7-J8EyosiFYTE3UQ&sig2=lTNQQS1v1lWwGT8_IYRjhA► circusnospin.blogspot.com.br/2012/01/animal-training-history-mr-permane.htmlDownload (PDF Format - 335.3 MB):► archive.org/download/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly/TheStrandMagazine1900aVol.XixJan-jun.pdfOther formats:► archive.org/details/TheStrandMagazineAnIllustratedMonthly___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ . Very interesting! Thanks a lot!   www.beestjes.org/joomla15/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6993:dieren-interventie-te-laat-voor-circus-beer&catid=16:nieuws-belgie&Itemid=29Intervention too late for circus bear Young bear succumbs to malnutrition and neglect "There is no doubt that this poor little bear for a long time has suffered tremendously. We wished we had been able to help her before. " Kirsty Officer, Senior vet Again we were faced with the abuse and suffering of wild animals used for entertainment, a young bear, transmitted by a small circus in Vietnam, died before our eyes. Despite our efforts to damage from extreme neglect to repair the damage was too great and her body could not take it anymore. This young females bear was literally just skin and bones. She came to us on 24 May, after we had received a call from a nearby local shelter who asked for our help a sick bear who just had come. According to their information, and our subsequent independent studies showed that the bear just two years old and apparently bought from a circus by her current owner for its own little circus. This young bear was about two months earlier ill, the disease was so advanced that she vomited when she ate something and this was the bear very weak. The owner looked at the first local veterinary help and when this failed she asked for help to the shelter of the local government. With the realization that this is a seriously ill bear had been the shelter asked the bear as soon as possible to us to bear. Senior vet Kirsty explains the situation: "Upon arrival, there was this young bear - we simply" Girl "call - very weak, was extremely underweight and responded hardly something. We decided to immediately stun and her health examination. She weighed only 16.6kg, where our female boy of the same age from 80 to 90 kg! The health confirmed severe dehydration and emaciation. Blood tests revealed imbalances and changes to certain enzymes, which is consistent with dehydration, starvation, and chronic vomiting and diarrhea. We gave as many treatments as we could, while she slept, and although the prognosis was bad she survived the anesthesia and we decided to treat in the coming days to continue. "Girl" clearly felt a little better after treatment and was brighter and responded quickly. She enjoyed the larger cage where they could move and some leaves and burlap sacks to a soft nest for her bony body to make - they even became very possessive of her bags as we tried to remove them for cleaning. They showed interest in a number of foods and drank well, finally able to quench her thirst. However, as the days passed, it became increasingly difficult for her vomiting under control and they weakness again. There was no other choice than her again so that we sedate her treatment by injections could continue. On May 29, she continued to deteriorate and just when we had her getting ready for the next treatment is "Girl" unfortunately deceased. ' When "Girl" arrived she weighed less than 17kg, and was sick for 2 months to surrender. A study was conducted and the main finding was severe lack of body fat and wasting of the muscles, but also ulcers in the stomach lining. The team of veterinarians still awaiting the results of further tests. Our study also showed that the owner of "Girl", despite her misjudgment of animals in entertainment, this young bear gave and had tried to seek veterinary treatment. When this failed, and against the advice of others, the owner insisted on seeking help from the shelter of the government, instead of "Girl" to die and take advantage of her death by selling her body parts. "Overall, it's a tragic story," says our Vietnam Director Tuan Bendixsen. 'The people involved have a lack of understanding of animal welfare, even though they mean well. We can only hope that the incredible sad and short life of "Girl" as an example of how inappropriate and totally unacceptable it is to use wild animals in circuses. ' Bob Macpherson/Robert McPherson--Frank Bostock menagerie. Hippodrome de Paris. Season 1904-1905   Is this "Bob Macpherson the same "Robert McPherson" who was with the Peru Corporate Show in the mid 20's? Bandwagon July-Aug. 1965 In 1925 Clyde Beatty moved to the Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus to begin ten straight years of being featured in the center ring. He worked the polar bears and also took over the mixed act that Guilfoyle had worked on Robinson in 1924. For the 1926 tour the polar bears were given to W. K. Bernard and Beatty continued with the mixed act and took over the big lion and tiger act formerly worked by Pete Taylor. There were 19 in the big act. During the winter of 1926-1927 Clyde polished up the act. Other wild animal trainers around Peru during the middle 1920's were John Helliott, Robert McPherson, Robert Schroeder, Jules Jacot, Aaga Christensen, Mable Stark and a couple of other young fellows - Allen King and Terrell Jacobs. All of these were on the various Corporation shows. circusnospin.blogspot.com/2013/03/bob-macphersonrobert-mcpherson-frank.html |
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¨ ▬  BEARS RUN FROM ZOOKeeper Bitten, One of Animals slain in 'Frisco MeleeSAN FRANCISCO, Oct, 21. ▬ One Keeper was bitten on the right knee and one bear was killed here tonight after four bears scaped from their cage at Fleishhacker Zoo. TRIES ANOTHER ATTACKThe injured keeper was Norman Baker, whose prodding pitchfork was knocked aside by one of the bruins just as it was about to reenter the cage. The bear was killed shortly after its
attack upon Baker as it attempted to charge night watchman John Mallick and Pollice Officer
Jack Leishman.It was Mallick who discovered the scape of the four Malay Sun bears, small but vicious animals. Two of the bruins, Mallick found, had invaded the cage of a nearby tiger. The other two had crashed into the zoo kitchen. He locked them in and hurriedly notified the zoo officials. The tiger proved too much for one of the bears and he rushed back into his cage. The other one continued his quarrel with the tiger until keepers arrived and forced him to leave the cage. He was the one who was killed. Meanwhile, the two other bears prowled through the kitchen, gorging themselves. At last reports carpenters were building a wooden tunnel from the kitchen to the bear cage. The keepers hoped to be able to force the bears to use the tunnel to return to their home. ____________________________________________________
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