A Thrilling Incident.
Tt certainly was a "thrilling incident" which occurred the other day at Chicago, when a large African ilion got loose, and took a look at things m general. An American - contemporary describes the affair m painful detail, and if its readers were not " harrowed," ihov "'ought to have been. When the ferocious monster sprang from its cage, " a dreadful panic fell upon the little audience," who saved themselves, however, by climbing to the top of the hyenas' 'cages. Bi\t the lion did not concern itself with either the public or the hyenas. Seeing a noble Shetland pony, it pounced upon the poor creature^ " and sinking its teeth into the neck of the animal, it drank its blood to the last, drop, and then tore the- unhappy carcass into fragments.." Almost needlessly, it is further stated that "(he cries of ihe ill fated animal were frightful but brief." Being wearied of its pretty pl»y, the lion lay down, and quietly suffered itself to be operated upon by two keepers with sponges saturated with chloroform tied at the ends of long sticks. Iv a few minutes the " ruthless monarch of the forest " waa'reduced to a fit condition for a dentist to extract its " ravenous teeth.''
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 130, 1 May 1884, Page 2
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206A Thrilling Incident. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 130, 1 May 1884, Page 2
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