WILD ANIMALS IN CAPTIVITY 



greater difficulty, the brute was not to be coaxed into 

 any kind of submission, but exhibited the most determined 

 resistance to be touched. 



I therefore arranged to make both of her front legs 

 fast by ropes attached to the bars of the den. It was 

 a difficult matter to commence using the saw because 

 of her obstinate determination to resist, jerking from side 

 to side her head which we found almost impossible to 

 hold still. After a little while she became less violent 

 and I commenced with the saw to cut off a portion of 

 the horn that curved backwards. Before I had cut half 

 way through she by a sudden jerk snapped the saw in 

 two. Having two more saws at hand the second attempt, 

 I thought, would be successful, but another sudden jerk 

 broke the second saw. She now made such desperate 

 struggles to get free, and becoming thoroughly exhausted 

 remained quiet for a few seconds, thereby allowing me to 

 complete the operation. 



-.My pupil, the late Charles J. Andersson of Ngami 

 fame, on his return from one of his hunting expeditions, 

 told me of the danger of shooting a wild African 

 rhinoceros. He said this ferocious beast would without 

 any apparent provocation make furious charges at trees, 

 rocks, or anything movable, and he, himself, narrowly 

 escaped upon more than one occasion being killed by 

 this powerful beast. 



This ungovernable temper is exhibited also by the 

 Indian species, which I have had the opportunity on 

 several occasions of witnessing, tearing its horn and skin 

 in a frightful manner. During these outbursts of temper 

 it would be extremely dangerous for any one to dare 

 to approach it. This furious and inexplicable behaviour 

 has been recorded by many sportsmen who have ventured 

 to hunt this unwieldy and powerful monster. 



