CARNIVORES IN CAPTIVITY 103 
After a close examination I found that on each of the 
animal's hind feet two claws had grown into the flesh. Now 
it may well be supposed that the necessary operation would 
be a matter of great difficulty—the animal firmly bound and 
the operators going in danger of their lives. But nothing 
can be farther from the truth. In such matters Trieste can 
be treated as though he were a sensible human being. Hav- 
ing been ordered to lie down, his claws were clipped with 
large sharp clippers, and the points were drawn out. During 
Having a bath. 
the whole procedure, which was by no means painless, the 
lion kept perfectly still. For several days the wounds were 
well washed out; they soon healed, and he is now once 
again well and happy. 
As a corresponding instance of tameness among tigers, I 
may mention a great Siberian tiger, which in the summer 
of 1893 was sold from Vladivostock to the Zoological Gardens 
in Hamburg, and thence came into my possession. This 
animal was really as tame as any household pet. I could do 
anything with him, and used even to take him with me into my 
