THE HABITS OF AVILD ANIMALS IN 
CAPTIVITY. 
This subject may be considered inexhaustible, but I 
intend to confine these remarks principally to carnivora 
or flesh-eaters, and herbivora or vegetable feeders, because 
the greatest and most striking difference in the habits are 
to be found in the animals forming these two groups or 
orders. 
Taking for granted that everything has been done as 
regards kind treatment and feeding, and that suitable 
accommodation has been provided, the result is almost 
universally the opposite of what might be expected. 
Take, for instance, the young of any of the carnivora — 
lions, tigers, leopards, etc. — and pet them, they become 
tame and fond of those who feed and caress them, but if 
caught when adult it is extremely rare that they become 
tame enough to be caressed with safety. 
On the other hand, take the vegetable-feeding class, 
such as stags, antelopes, oxen, sheep, or goats ; obtain any 
of these from their birth and rear them by hand, and in 
all instances, with few exceptions, they become, when 
adult, the most savage and dangerous animals in exist- 
ence. At the same time, if these animals can be caught 
when adult they are timid, and fly from man. The reason 
of this appears to me very plain. In the case of pet stags 
and other horned animals reared as pets, never having 
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