SAVAGE CARGOES.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 679, 20 June 1914, Page 3

SAVAGE CARGOES.

••The dangers >■• and difficulties of transporting wild -animals from foreign climes, to England are tremendous, yet considerable cargoes. of th'is troublesome freight: are handled every year. \ ,;" One English l dealer recently came over from India with various animals to the 'value of at least £2,000. The weather was rough, and among the animals that got loose- were atiger, an Indian badger, and a specimen of the sacred Indian monkey. Several sailors endeavoured, to catch the tiger; /and* after being loose for two days, and badly maul-r ing one man, it was eventually recaptured. • ■■■ The Indian badger was loose for a fortnight, and no one could 'conceive where it had hidden itself,; although it always managed , to consume the meat and rice which was put out for it. $- As for tin sacred; monkey, every time anyone ran after, it, it . went to the top of the mast,,' and it was not before the end of the voyage that it could be induced to descenl. A more dangerous experience was the occasion of. a hyena breaking loose onboard a ship, from the Persian Gulf to London. The captain ordered the beast to be shot, bnt it could not be found; Th 3 crew became very nervous, and tit van decided to leave food about and'feeep the creature well fed, to prevent it attacking anyone. When the boat was docked, and the cargo unloaded, ' the creature was found in the hold alive and 'ln good condition. ~ ■ _■■.-•