Gone Astray~Richard Lair~1997~First Edition~Very Good Condition~Very Rare~Free Shipping

Gone Astray~Richard Lair~1997~First Edition~Very Good Condition~Softcover~Very Rare~Free Shipping.

This unique book is in very good condition. Minor cover wear. Color photos. One inscription on inside front page. Clean pages. See photos.

“Gone Astray - The Care and Management of the Asian Elephant in Domesticity

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO)
Forestry Department, Rome, Italy
and
Forestry Department Group, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAP)

The man-elephant relationship is quite strange. While most of the domestic animals now most highly attuned to man (the dog, the cat, the water buffalo, etc.) have wild forebears which are largely untameable, many wild-caught elephants quickly and easily form intimate bounds with their keepers even though their wild temperament has never been modified through selective breeding. Some elephants form such warm and affectionate bonds with man as to deceive the observer into thinking that this animal must have been made truly domestic. Many other elephants in domesticity, however, remain unremittingly wild, hostile to man and ready to kill him at every chance. Clearly, a domesticated elephant is simply a wild animal in chains - but a wild animal frequently gentle and intelligent enough to serve as a totally trustworthy baby-sitter to watch over human infants.” - From the book.



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